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 Thomas Roche

The image shows the pattern of some of the lines created by the layers in the rock which lead to a distant unusual rock formation and some hikers approaching it

Location: Vermillion Cliffs National Monument

wildlife

Photo by Shay Hausmann

Black bear seen enjoying the view at sunset on the Mogollon Rim.

Location: Mogollon Rim

landscape

Photo by Shay Hausmann

Prescribed fire seen from the Mogollon Rim, looks like a ship going full steam ahead.

Location: Mogollon Rim

landscape

Photo by Anthony Conway

Lens Flare through a Saguaro Cactus Skeleton taken with a Helios 44 lens

Location: Saguaro National Park

landscape

Photo by George Frandsen

The Tepees - Banded mudstone conical hills that resemble tepees at Petrified Forest National Park.

Location: Petrified Forest National Park

landscape

Photo by George Frandsen

Hohokam spiral rock art illuminated by the warm sunset glow at Signal Hill, Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

Location: Saguaro National Park, Arizona

landscape

Photo by George Frandsen

A full moon hangs over the Colorado River as it winds through Black Canyon just before sunrise.

Location: Scenic View Pull-off at US-93, Willow Beach, AZ 86445

landscape

Photo by Jeff McFadden

A meteor streaks through the Milky Way above the San Fransisco peaks during the annual Perseids meteor shower.

Location: North of San Fransisco peaks, looking south.

landscape

Photo by Jeff McFadden

Aurora dances in the night sky north of Flagstaff. The solar storm of May 2024 was an event to remember. It was after 1am when the clouds finally cleared and an intense wave of aurora lit up the sky.

Location: North of Flagstaff along forest road 514, near Deadman wash.

landscape

Photo by George Frandsen

A rainbow accented the Grand Canyon from Hopi Point, Arizona during a brief rainstorm at sunset.

Location: Grand Canyon National Park

landscape

Photo by Stanley Steik

Canyon detail

Location: Grand Canyon National Park

macro

Photo by Stanley Steik

Barrel Cactus Flower

Location: Sabino Canyon. Tucson