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).
All entries must be submitted by November 30, 2025, at 11:59:59 p.m.
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Photo by John Byerly
Just before the sun rise over a smoke filled Grand Canyon from the Dragon Bravo fire.
Location: Grand Canyon South RIm
Photo by Reid Woodward
A fanned out sunset seen through the remains of an old corral near Four Peaks.
Location: Four Peaks Wilderness
Photo by Reid Woodward
A massive bolt of lightning strikes downtown Phoenix during one of the last monsoon storms of 2025.
Location: Downtown Phoenix
Photo by Reid Woodward
An intensely bright shooting star comes down during the start of the Aurora Borealis on November 11, 2025.
Location: Four Peaks Wilderness
Photo by Sammani Perera
Elk of the South Rim
Location: South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Reid Woodward
The combination of smoke from a wildfire being blown in with a haboob from a thunderstorm created an intensely red sunset behind saguaros.
Location: Four Peaks Wilderness
Photo by Kelly Gilling
A November sunrise casts a warm glow across the mountains dotted with saguaros at Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area.
Location: Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, Cave Creek, Arizona
Photo by Amanda Kolden
Saguaros after the rain
Location: Sonoran Preserve
Photo by Paul Martin
A backlit stallion chase in the shallows of the Salt River.
Location: Lower Salt River
Photo by Em James
Post Sunset Glow
Location: Queen Creek
Photo by Em James
Sedona Sunset Pinks
Location: Sedona, AZ
Photo by Em James
Sedona Sunset in between rain storms
Location: Sedona, AZ