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 Tom Jones

Lightning strikes the Grand Canyon South Rim during August monsoon.

Location: Point Sublime, North Rim of Grand Canyon NP

macro

Photo by Tom Jones

Pair of Ladybugs, Coleoptera polyphaga, on a yellow flower.

Location: Mesa, AZ

landscape

Photo by Tom Jones

This image featuring Mount Hayden was made at sunrise from Point Imperial on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Location: Point Imperial, North Rim Grand Canyon NP

macro

Photo by Tom Jones

Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus.

Location: Amado, AZ

landscape

Photo by Tom Jones

This is the picturesque Rainbow Bridge accessed via Lake Powell in northern Arizona/southern Utah. My wife and I hiked in to the location with some friends.

Location: Rainbow Bridge, Lake Powell, AZ

macro

Photo by Natalie

"Pollen Crown"
Jumping Spider on an African Daisy at the Tucson Botanical Garden

Location: Tucson Botanical Garden

landscape

Photo by Eric Mischke

March snowstorm on Siphon Draw Trail

Location: Superstition Mountains

wildlife

Photo by Tom Jones

I came across this pair of Red-tailed Hawk chicks in their nest in the top of a Saguaro cactus in Southern Arizona. Hawk babies are called chicks, eyas, or hawklets.

Location: Sonoran desert near Sells, AZ.

wildlife

Photo by Tom Cadwalader

A Lesser Goldfinch feeds on drying Sunflowers.

Location: Historic Canoa ranch in Green Valley Arizona

wildlife

Photo by Tom Cadwalader

Gambel's Quail watches it's brood cross the trail.

Location: Desert Meadows Park in Green Valley Arizona

landscape

Photo by Eric Mischke

Horton Creek cascades through logs and boulders on a summer afternoon below the Mogollon Rim.

Location: Tonto National Forest

wildlife

Photo by Tom Cadwalader

A pair of Sandhill Cranes fly back to the ponds at Whitewater Draw.

Location: Whitewater Draw Wildlife Refuge in McNeal, Arizona