18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest
Photograph by Jeff Kida
TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT
Every month, we showcase some of the most talented photographers in the world. Now it's your turn to join the ranks. Enter your favorite photo in the 2026 Arizona Highways Photography Contest.
Grand Prize
All expense 3-night stay at any ranch in the True Ranch Collection
All finalist photographs will be published online and in our September 2026 issue.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
Our contest is open to amateur and professional photographers. All photos must be made in Arizona and fit into the category of Landscape, Wildlife or Macro (close-up).
GALLERY
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Photo by Dave Hatton
Still Stormy Dawn
Location: Gold Canyon Peralta Trail
Photo by Dave Hatton
Grandad Saguaro - The multi-layered clouds appeared to follow the conducting of Grandad Saguaro and its companion Saguaro after the sun had set.
Location: Moore's Gulch
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A Lucy’s Warbler hovers beside a blooming ocotillo at sunrise, capturing a brief moment of motion and color in the Arizona desert.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Dave Hatton
A stream gently meanders through a mist-laden grassy pasture near Sierra Blanca Lake.
Location: Alpine, Near Sierra Blanca Lake
Photo by Dave Hatton
Golden Hour Buck - A buck in full velvet headgear stares pensively in the direction of the setting sun after munching some grass.
Location: Sitgreaves National Forest near Alpine
Photo by Dave Hatton
Four Peaks/Red Mountain Sunrise - A rising sun bathes the landscape with golden hues before retreating above the threatening storm clouds.
Location: N. Beeline Hwy./Gilbert Rd. Junction
Photo by JOHN SPENCER MATTHEWS
Springtime rains bring snow to Four Peaks.
Location: Rio Verde, AZ
Photo by Dave Hatton
Sunset Rock Reflection - A sunburst sunset reflects perfectly off a cleanly broken rock surface along a popular hiking path at Piestewa Peak.
Location: Piestewa Peak
Photo by JOHN SPENCER MATTHEWS
Blue Heron
Location: CANYON LAKE
Photo by Dave Hatton
Smoky Marshall Lake Sunrise Vertorama - As "clouds" covered the eastern morning sky, I sat down for a coffee, only to be surprised by this sunrise through the Day 2 smoke of the Dragon Bravo Fire.
Location: Marshall Lake Campground near Lake Mary
Photo by Dave Hatton
Forest to Grassland - At the edge of the Sitgreaves National Forest this conifer stands as if to lead the way west into the grasslands. The sun's starburst paints the dry grasses with a golden hue.
Location: Sitgreaves National Forest between Greer and Alpine
Photo by Dave Hatton
Coppery Sunset Under Dramatic Sky - the lesser-photographed side of the Superstition Mountains as the setting sun paints the landscape a coppery color.
Location: Tonto National Forest Superstition Mountains