19th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest
Photograph by Jeff Kida
TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT
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 2027 Arizona Highways Photography Contest.
Winning photographs will be published online and in the September 2027 issue. In addition, the grand-prize winner will receive accommodations for four nights for two guests at the Circle Z Ranch, a guest ranch in Patagonia, Arizona.
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 read the OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries to the contest.
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Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake close-up with forked tongue and richly textured scales. Photographed in a controlled outdoor exhibit at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Location: Tucson, Arizona-Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Photo by John Goldin
Taken from Ortega Mountain towards Show Low. The forming of the Show Low tornado, 10/20/2026
Location: Vernon/Show Low
Photo by Tyler Johnson
A bull elk flicks out his tongue in profile, a playful moment in the middle of the rut.
Location: Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Tyler Johnson
Eye to eye: two bull elk lock antlers in a close-quarters sparring match during the fall rut.
Location: Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Tyler Johnson
A bull elk stares down the lens with pine needles still tangled in his antlers after thrashing a sapling during the rut.
Location: Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Tyler Johnson
A bull elk steps over a barbed-wire fence through a meadow of golden wildflowers, framed by ponderosa pines.
Location: Mormon Lake, Coconino National Forest
Photo by Tyler Johnson
A backlit Salt River wild horse stares into the lens, its forelock glowing in the afternoon sun.
Location: Coon Bluff, Salt River, Tonto National Forest
Photo by Tyler Johnson
Two Salt River wild horses wade side by side through the river, framed by the sunlit cliffs above Coon Bluff.
Location: Coon Bluff, Salt River, Tonto National Forest
Photo by Tyler Johnson
A young bull elk peeks around a ponderosa pine trunk, one eye locked on the lens.
Location: Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Tyler Johnson
A Salt River wild horse walks straight toward the camera in warm light as the rest of the band grazes behind it.
Location: Coon Bluff, Salt River, Tonto National Forest
Photo by Tyler Johnson
Two bull elk tangle their tines during the fall rut, a sprig of grass still hanging from one's muzzle.
Location: Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Tyler Johnson
A bull elk trots across an open meadow as fog curls into a glowing wave above the grassland.
Location: Mormon Lake, Coconino National Forest