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 James Abraham

A claret cup cactus hugs the rocky hillside above Horsethief Creek on the Algonquin Trail in the Castle Creek Wilderness

Location: Castle Creek Wilderness

landscape

Photo by James Abraham

A claret cup cactus hugs the rocky hillside above Crazy Basin Creek near Muldoon Gulch on the Crown King road

Location: Castle Creek Wilderness

landscape

Photo by James Abraham

A claret cup cactus hugs the rocky hillside above Crazy Basin Creek near Muldoon Gulch on the Crown King road

Location: Castle Creek Wilderness

wildlife

Photo by James Abraham

This curious javelina followed me as I hiked near Lake Pleasant taking pictures of blooming hedgehogs. He would stop and strike a pose for me every so often, knowing that he was born to be a star.

Location: Lake Pleasant Regional Park

landscape

Photo by James Abraham

Courthouse Rock towers above the open desert in the Eagletail Mountains Wilderness west of Phoenix, yellow wildflowers and saguaros bask in the fading hues of sunset

Location: Eagletail Mountains Wilderness

landscape

Photo by James Abraham

Sunrise fills the sky at White Tank Regional Park's South Trail

Location: White Tank Regional Park

landscape

Photo by James T. Abraham

Storm clouds shroud the Bradshaw Mountains in deep blue as the foreground near Lake Pleasant shines in gold

Location: Lake Pleasant Regional Park

landscape

Photo by Jeff Beatty

Sunrise at Totem Pole in Lower Monument Valley.

Location: Monument Valley

landscape

Photo by Jeff Beatty

As the sun begins to rise a silhouette of Totem Pole and adjacent spires forms in Lower Monument Valley .

Location: Monument Valley

wildlife

Photo by Stacy Bott

An immature Costa's Hummingbird.

Location: Surprise, Sonoran Desert

landscape

Photo by Shakil Chowdhury

Location: Superstition Mountain

landscape

Photo by Shakil Chowdhury

Waterfalls in Superstition Mountain

Location: Superstition Mountain