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 JOHN SPENCER MATTHEWS
Blue Heron
Location: CANYON LAKE
Photo by Dave Hatton
Smoky Marshall Lake Sunrise Vertorama - As "clouds" covered the eastern morning sky, I sat down for a coffee, only to be surprised by this sunrise through the Day 2 smoke of the Dragon Bravo Fire.
Location: Marshall Lake Campground near Lake Mary
Photo by Dave Hatton
Forest to Grassland - At the edge of the Sitgreaves National Forest this conifer stands as if to lead the way west into the grasslands. The sun's starburst paints the dry grasses with a golden hue.
Location: Sitgreaves National Forest between Greer and Alpine
Photo by Dave Hatton
Coppery Sunset Under Dramatic Sky - the lesser-photographed side of the Superstition Mountains as the setting sun paints the landscape a coppery color.
Location: Tonto National Forest Superstition Mountains
Photo by Lisa M. Daniels
A desert cottontail stretches upright to pull down fresh mesquite leaves at sunrise, a quiet moment of life in the Arizona desert.
Location: Green Valley, AZ
Photo by Dave Hatton
Echoes of the Desert - A fallen sun-bleached mature saguaro lies beneath another it once called a neighbor. The everchanging deserts once again sees a sunset
Location: Gold Canyon, Peralta Trail
Photo by Dave Hatton
Grandad Saguaro Against an Artist's Sky - In my failed attempt to grab a decent sunset shot, I turned around only to be greeted by this sight. The sky looked like something a good artist would paint.
Location: Moore's Gulch
Photo by David Hatton
Fiery Bush in the Fog - As dawn broke on my drive along foggy Lake Mary, the sun's rays burst through the conifers lining the hill on the horizon.
Location: Lake Mary
Photo by David Hatton
A small ravine filled with yellow Aspens at Lockett Meadow along the Inner Basin Loop Trail. On the left, yellow Aspens dominate, while on the right, they were still changing from green to yellow.
Location: Lockett Meadow
Photo by Jeff Goulden
An Acorn Woodpecker clings to a tree, its red cap catching the light. These social birds cache acorns in bark for their communal stores.
Location: Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff
Photo by Jeff Goulden
Quaking aspens along the Arizona Trail near Bismarck Lake in the Coconino National Forest turn golden in autumn, their leaves trembling in the Flagstaff breeze.
Location: Bismarck Lake on the Arizona Trail, Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff
Photo by Jeff Goulden
A male House Finch, clinging to a tree, shows its red-tinged feathers while perched in a snowstorm at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff.
Location: Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff