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 Josh Sellke
A Pied-Billed Grebe surfaced from a dive in the Salt River with a crayfish
Location: Lower Salt River, Tonto National Forest
Photo by Josh Sellke
A female hummingbird enjoys a quick morning visit to a stunning Ocotillo bloom
Location: McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Photo by Josh Sellke
A spider and its web are backlit by early morning light creating a beautiful display of colors
Location: Tonto National Forest
Photo by Josh Sellke
A turkey vulture perched with wings spread in an attempt to warm itself with the first morning sun in the Tonto National Forest.
Location: Tonto National Forest
Photo by Curtis Jones
Thunder clouds over Boynton Canyon.
Location: Sedona, AZ Boynton Canyon
Photo by Curtis Jones
A winter storm lifting in Boynton Canyon.
Location: Sedona, AZ Boynton Canyon
Photo by Candace Porth
A wintering Northern Pintail drake grooms himself in a Phoenix pond.
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Candace Porth
A Wood Duck swims in a golden pond in Tempe.
Location: Selleh Park, Tempe
Photo by Jeff Goulden
Spider Rock rises 800 feet from Canyon de Chelly’s floor near Chinle, Arizona, a sandstone spire sacred in Navajo tradition as the home of Spider Woman.
Location: Spider Rock Overlook at Canyon de Chelly National Monument near Chinle
Photo by Jeff Goulden
Sandhill Cranes lift off in sunset silhouette above Whitewater Draw, where huge winter flocks gather near McNeal.
Location: Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area near McNeal
Photo by Jeff Goulden
Schultz Tank, a historic stock pond near Flagstaff in the Coconino National Forest, now provides water for wildlife and recreation in the scenic San Francisco Peaks
Location: Schultz Pass in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A juvenile osprey perches on a branch, its barred wings and orange eyes marking its age as it scans the landscape near Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff.
Location: Campbell Mesa in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff