18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest

Photograph by Jeff Kida

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

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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).

The submission deadline has passed.

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landscape

Photo by Gary O'Brien

Lightning in distant cloud with saguaro and ocotillo

Location: Saguaro National Park East

landscape

Photo by Farishtay Yamin

A few homes along Route 89, north of Sedona, along Echo Cliffs.

Location: Echo Cliffs, Navajo Nation.

wildlife

Photo by Gary O'Brien

Caracara family having breakfast in their nest in a Saguaro

Location: Near Three Points along AZ 86

landscape

Photo by Gary O'Brien

Saguaro blossom buds with rising full moon

Location: Sabino Canyon National Recreation Area

landscape

Photo by Farishtay Yamin

Sun rays over Grand Falls.

Location: Grand Falls, AZ.

landscape

Photo by Gary O'Brien

Raven Prays For Rain - raven atop saguaro with rain downburst in background

Location: near Kearny, AZ along AZ177

wildlife

Photo by Paul Sieckmann

a friendly Monarch Butterfly

Location: Apache Sitgreaves National Forest near Greer, Arizona

landscape

Photo by Gary O'Brien

Milky Way and Comet Atlas with Saguaros

Location: Saguaro National Park West

landscape

Photo by Reid Woodward

Lightning striking in the distance as a crested saguaro called "Two Thumbs Up" looks on.

Location: Four Peaks Wilderness

wildlife

Photo by Farishtay Yamin

A horse at dusk in the Tonto.

Location: Tonto National Forest

landscape

Photo by Gary O'Brien

Saguaro forest in Organ Pipe National Monument during dust storm

Location: Organ Pipe National Monument

landscape

Photo by Paul Sieckmann

the Sliver Bridge and the Black Bridge over the Colorado River

Location: Grand Canyon National Park