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 Melissa Harnish
This Spiny Lizard lay camouflaged against the bark of a Palo Verde tree.
Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Photo by Reid Woodward
A flowering Saguaro under the Milky Way
Location: Four Peaks Wilderness
Photo by Reid Woodward
The bud of a Saguaro flower
Location: Brown's Ranch Trailhead
Photo by Reid Woodward
Bees enjoying Saguaro flowers
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve
Photo by Reid Woodward
Bees enjoying newly opened Saguaro Flowers
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve
Photo by Tom Mangelsdorf
Burrowing Owl standing watch
Location: Scottsdale
Photo by Daniel J Clarke
Cougar Shadow on the Superstation Mountains
Location: Apache Junction
Photo by Daniel Clarke
Lightning strikes caught from A Mountain in Tucson as a storm makes it's way through Oro Valley
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo by Reid Woodward
A Great Horned Owl shades it baby from the afternoon sun.
Location: North Scottsdale
Photo by Reid Woodward
A young Great Horned Owl tugs on its Mother's Tail Feathers
Location: North Scottsdale
Photo by Daniel J Clarke
After a few days of storms the sun pierced the clouds just long enough light up Wotans Throne on our final day at the North Rim.
Location: North Rim - Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by Reid Woodward
A fledgling Great Horned Owl in its nest a couple of days before its first flight.
Location: North Scottsdale