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).
GALLERY
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Photo by Jeff Goulden
Snow drifts down as a male Hairy Woodpecker, marked by its bright red crown patch, hammers for insects at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff.
Location: Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff
Photo by Derrick Kosea
Late snow fall in March added some prime conditions near Spider Rock. I waited for a few hours for the sun to pierce through the clouds.
Location: Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A Gambel’s quail stands alert in Green Valley, Arizona, showing the species’ signature topknot and patterned plumage common to the deserts of the Southwest.
Location: Green Valley near Tucson
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A moonrise casts light over Canyon de Chelly, where Navajo families live among cottonwoods and ancient sandstone cliffs in northeastern Arizona.
Location: Canyon de Chelly National Monument near Chinle
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A nesting pair of bald eagles perches on a dead tree at Campbell Mesa near Flagstaff, one calling to the other. Bald eagles are regular winter visitors to Northern Arizona.
Location: Campbell Mesa in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A Western Tanager perches on a branch at Campbell Mesa near Flagstaff, its bright yellow body and orange-red head standing out against the Coconino National Forest.
Location: Campbell Mesa in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff
Photo by Derrick Kosea
Last of the cottonwoods hanging on to some fall colors. Located in Canyon de Chelly National Monument.
Location: Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Photo by Rebecca Polakovsky
Two unlikely friends - a Saguaro & the Aurora Borealis.
Location: New River, AZ
Photo by Tyler Martin
Roadrunner in Sabino Canyon
Location: Sabino Canyon, Tucson AZ
Photo by Randy Vuletich
Juvenile Bald Eagle diving for a fish.
Location: Canyon Lake
Photo by Keith Sword
Least Bittern hides in the reeds.
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve
Photo by Keith Sword
When you stub your pinky talon .
Location: Gilbert