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 Bret Edge

An ephemeral creek flows through Romero Canyon, passing a willow whose brilliant golden leaves add a splash of color to a rather monochromatic landscape.

Location: Romero Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains

landscape

Photo by Bret Edge

At sunset, the sky above Peralta Regional Park blushes in pastel hues of pink and purple while brittlebush wildflowers pop color in the landscape between towering saguaro cactus.

Location: Superstition Mountains

macro

Photo by Bret Edge

Vibrant wildflowers surround an Engelmann's Hedgehog cactus, isolated in this portrait in the Superstition Mountains.

Location: Superstition Mountains

landscape

Photo by Bret Edge

Afternoon light strafes the familiar skyline of the Three Sisters towering above a variety of colorful wildflowers.

Location: Superstition Mountains

landscape

Photo by Bret Edge

Gusty winds blowing throughout the night filled the atmosphere with dust, giving the landscape an almost apocalyptic mood at sunrise.

Location: Superstition Mountains

landscape

Photo by Bret Edge

Sunset falls on the colorful sandstone landscape of White Pocket below a clearing spring storm.

Location: White Pocket, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument

landscape

Photo by Bret Edge

Ominous clouds signal the approach of a spring thunderstorm descending upon the tortured landscape of White Pocket in the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument.

Location: White Pocket, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument

landscape

Photo by Joseph Smith

Sedona from the Airport Mesa

Location: Sedone

macro

Photo by Joseph Smith

Cactus close up

Location: Phoenix

landscape

Photo by Joseph Smith

Hole in the Rock

Location: Phoenix

wildlife

Photo by Douglas Coxon

An adult bald eagle searching for a breakfast meal.

Location: Glendale Recharge Ponds

landscape

Photo by Jeni O'Callaghan

Sunset this summer looking towards Clear Creek, Bullpen Area on Wingfield Mesa near Camp Verde.

Location: Wingfield Mesa, Yavapai County