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 Jeff McFadden

Double Rainbow at sunset over O'Leary Peak. Late evening and the sky was gray with rain clouds, when suddenly the sun cut through and illuminated the sky with a brilliant sunset display.

Location: Just north of Flagstaff, looking east toward O'Leary Peak.

landscape

Photo by George Frandsen

Sunlight breaks through the clouds, illuminating 220-million-year-old fossilized logs from the Triassic period at the Crystal Forest in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.

Location: Petrified Forest National Park

wildlife

Photo by Mason Salem

A banded rock rattlesnake waits in ambush

Location: Sierra Vista

wildlife

Photo by Mason Salem

A Woodhouse’s toad rests in the shallows of the Salt River

Location: Coon Bluff recreation area

macro

Photo by Mason Salem

A snail hunter beetle patrols the mossy rocks along Tonto Creek

Location: Khols Ranch

macro

Photo by Mason Salem

A sunburst diving beetle rests on a pebble

Location: Madera Canyon

macro

Photo by Mason Salem

A closeup of a Tohono vinegaroon

Location: Chiricahua Mountains

wildlife

Photo by Mason Salem

A female tarantula hawk wasp drags a freshly paralyzed tarantula

Location: Superstition Mountains

macro

Photo by Mason Salem

An elusive Texas Canyon longhorn beetle searches for a place to lay her eggs

Location: Sierra Vista

wildlife

Photo by Mason Salem

A Texas horned lizard basks alongside Portal road

Location: Portal

wildlife

Photo by Mason Salem

A western diamondback rattlesnake in ambush

Location: Chiricahua mountains

macro

Photo by Mason Salem

Headlight click beetle showing off some of the brightest bioluminescence in the animal kingdom

Location: Sierra Vista