17th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest

Photographer with tripod standing on rock cliff looking toward sunset.

Photograph by Laurence Parent

Every month, we showcase the most talented photographers in the world.
Now it’s your turn to join the ranks. Enter your favorite photo in
the 2025 Arizona Highways Photography Contest.

You could win one of several prizes, and the winning photographs will be published online
and in our September 2025 issue.

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).

Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries. 

 

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The submission period for the 17th Annual Arizona Highways Photo Contest has closed. The finalists will be announced soon.
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landscape

Photo by Lane Sainty

A slender saguaro meets the sunrise in north Phoenix.

Location: Apache Wash Trail Head off Sonoran Desert Drive in North Phoenix.

landscape

Photo by Lon Woodruff

Young Arizona Sycamores against a backdrop of a lichen covered large boulder.

Location: Madera Canyon

landscape

Photo by Jon Wendell

Beautiful sunrise at Lost Dutchman State Park. The morning haze streams across the rocks creating mystery as the light hits the large mountain rock all set against a beautiful desert landscape

Location: Lost Dutchman State Park

wildlife

Photo by Kathleen Murphy

Eared Grebe... 3 chicks on back and one swimming

Location: Luna Lake, AZ

landscape

Photo by Lane Sainty

Who wore it better? A small saguaro meets an artist's impression on a hot air balloon in north Phoenix.

Location: Apache Wash Trail Head off Sonoran Desert Drive in North Phoenix.

landscape

Photo by Samuel Guston

Agave stalks overlook a valley on a hazy day in May.

Location: Mazatzal Mountains, Gila county Arizona

landscape

Photo by Lane Sainty

Weaver's Needle, as seen from Battleship Mountain, in the Superstition Mountains in April.

Location: Battleship Mountain in the Superstitions

wildlife

Photo by Jonathan Cline

Black chinned hummingbird with a slow shutter speed

Location: Sedona

landscape

Photo by Geno Davis

Photographed looking east from highway 90 near Kartchner Caverns.

Location: Photographed looking east from highway 90 near Kartchner Caverns.

wildlife

Photo by Jonathan Cline

Great egret after a catch

Location: Gilbert

wildlife

Photo by Samuel Guston

Male Eastern collared lizard basking on a a rock in a grassy field.

Location: Rye, Gila County Arizona

macro

Photo by Kristi Haverkamp

You are my sunshine. Field of poppies bloom in springtime along Bush Highway near Phoenix.

Location: Bush Highway