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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wildlife

Photo by Josh Sellke

A hybrid hummingbird species (Broad-Billed x Berylline) perches deep in a shrub

Location: Madera Canyon

macro

Photo by Josh Sellke

Cactus Bee hard at work pollinating a Prickly Pear flower in the Sonoran Desert

Location: McDowell Sonoran Preserve

wildlife

Photo by Josh Sellke

A bighorn sheep and lamb stand on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Salt River

Location: Lower Salt River, Tonto National Forest

wildlife

Photo by Josh Sellke

A Great Blue Heron is mirrored in the calm pond surface as it takes flight out of the water

Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve

wildlife

Photo by Josh Sellke

Female Vermillion Flycatcher perches on a low branch near the edge of a pond

Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve

wildlife

Photo by Patty Ranweiler

Coati Kit - learning to eat date palm fruit.

Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum - Superior Arizona November 2024

wildlife

Photo by Josh Sellke

A Western Flycatcher migrating through Arizona perches on a thorny branch

Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve

macro

Photo by Josh Sellke

A dragonfly in illuminated by some dramatic backlighting in the dark shadows

Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve

wildlife

Photo by Josh Sellke

A Gray Fox, one of the only members of the dog family known to climb trees, is resting in the shady canopy in an attempt to stay cool on a hot spring day.

Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve

wildlife

Photo by Josh Sellke

A ground squirrel hides out in the shade on a hot summer morning in the Sonoran Desert.

Location: Tonto National Forest

macro

Photo by Kirk Higgins

A lonely black beetle clings onto a stem.

Location: Ponderosa Park, south of Prescott

macro

Photo by Josh Sellke

A sea of purple wildflowers and yellow poppies blanketing the ground are a beautiful sign of Springtime along the Bush Highway

Location: Tonto National Forest