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 Reid Woodward
The combination of smoke from a wildfire being blown in with a haboob from a thunderstorm created an intensely red sunset behind saguaros.
Location: Four Peaks Wilderness
Photo by Kelly Gilling
A November sunrise casts a warm glow across the mountains dotted with saguaros at Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area.
Location: Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, Cave Creek, Arizona
Photo by Amanda Kolden
Saguaros after the rain
Location: Sonoran Preserve
Photo by Paul Martin
A backlit stallion chase in the shallows of the Salt River.
Location: Lower Salt River
Photo by Em James
Post Sunset Glow
Location: Queen Creek
Photo by Em James
Sedona Sunset Pinks
Location: Sedona, AZ
Photo by Em James
Sedona Sunset in between rain storms
Location: Sedona, AZ
Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal
A swirl of tendrils holding a single droplet.
Location: Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens
Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal
Cottontail- a desert survivor marked by its ear.
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Photo by Kelly Gilling
A stone path beckons you to explore the desert aglow in the November sunrise over Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area.
Location: Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, Cave Creek, Arizona
Photo by Elizabeth E. Eygendaal
A sparrow caught in that moment before flight.
Location: Flagstaff, Az
Photo by Michael Marcinko
Natural fireworks
Location: Sedona