18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest
Photograph by Jeff Kida
TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT
Every month, we showcase some of the most talented photographers in the world. Now it's your turn to join the ranks. Enter your favorite photo in the 2026 Arizona Highways Photography Contest.
Grand Prize
All expense 3-night stay at any ranch in the True Ranch Collection
All finalist photographs will be published online and in our September 2026 issue.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
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).
All entries must be submitted by November 30, 2025, at 11:59:59 p.m.
GALLERY
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Photo by Peg Wier
Twin Great Horned owlets watching me closely.
Location: Apache Junction
Photo by Sammani Perera
Sunrise at Toroweap Overlook.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Toroweap Overlook is in one of the deepest—3000 feet from rim to river—and narrowest—less than a mile from rim to rim—sections of the Grand Canyon.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
On the precipice of Toroweap Overlook, I was filled with awe of the Colorado River, the sculptor of a masterpiece I will never tire of, journeying westward 3000 feet below.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Melissa Harnish
Early morning light rays filter through the clouds, creating sheets of light over the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Photo by Sammani Perera
Passing tempest at Toroweap Overlook.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Point Imperial is an artistically unique place with Mount Hayden’s maroon ridge and sandstone crown, cone-shaped Gunther Castle, square-shaped Siegfried Pyre, like a landscape of sandcastles.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Ode to Canyon Mornings. This photo encapsulates why I love the Grand Canyon—the way light and shadow play among the landforms during the golden hours. Here is my ode to canyon mornings.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Melissa Harnish
A young coyote lies in wait for an evening meal to wonder by.
Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Photo by Sammani Perera
Tales as Old as Time. There is a dead pinyon pine tree near the Walhalla Overlook, more curious than a living tree.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
A Study of Time. Geology, history, life worth two billion years. Every moment in the Grand Canyon is a study of time after all.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Sammani Perera
Light in the Fire. With breathing space between trees, a forest floor clear of deadfall, and an unfurling shawl of lupines, this is the renewing ponderosa pine forest in the Atoko Point area.
Location: North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park