All Online Contests — 2004 entries

Bangladesh (3 contests)

• BPL Fan

  Get real votes for the BPL Fan Vote — Bangladesh-targeted, T-Sports app and bpl-cricket.com paced, starting from $6.99.

• Channel i Music Awards

  Get real fan votes for the Channel i Music Awards Popular Choice — Bangladesh's premier music prize, BD-audience targeted, paced to the voting window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Meril-Prothom Alo Awards

  Get real fan votes for the Meril-Prothom Alo Awards — Bangladesh's biggest entertainment prize, Bangla-audience targeted, paced, and safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

Brazil (3 contests)

• A Fazenda Roça

  Get real Brazilian votes to save your favourite peão from A Fazenda's weekly Roça elimination — R7-targeted, unlimited-vote pacing, from $6.99.

• Big Brother Brasil Paredão Público

  Get real Fan Votes for your favourite BBB housemate's paredão on Gshow — Brazilian-targeted, paced, and safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• The Voice Brasil

  Buy real public votes for The Voice Brasil — app-paced, Brazil-targeted delivery from genuine accounts. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

Canada (2 contests)

• TIFF People's Choice Award

  Get real audience votes for your TIFF People's Choice entry — email-verified, paced around the weighted ballot system. 100 votes from $6.99.

• TIFF Toronto People's Choice Award

  Get real audience votes for your TIFF People's Choice entry — verified-pattern delivery matched to festival attendees. 100 votes from $6.99.

China (28 contests)

• Bilibili Moe Tournament

  Get real fan votes for the Bilibili Moe Tournament (萌战) — China-weighted, Bilibili-account-native delivery paced around the 11-vote-per-day cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bilibili New Year's Eve Gala

  Get real votes for your favourite performance in the Bilibili New Year's Eve Gala audience poll — Chinese mainland IPs, account-safe pacing, starts same day. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bilibili Power Up 100

  Get real Bilibili fan votes for your Power Up 100 nomination — mainland China IPs, paced to B站 engagement patterns, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Black Pearl Restaurant Guide China

  Boost your restaurant's Dianping review signal for the Meituan Black Pearl Guide — China-targeted, real reviewer accounts, verified reviews from $6.99.

• Call Me by Fire (披荊斬棘)

  Get real MangoTV app votes for your favourite veteran singer on Call Me by Fire — China-targeted, episode-paced, firepower-chart aware. 100 votes from $6.99.

• CCTV Spring Festival Gala Favourite Program

  Get real votes for your favourite act in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala poll — China-targeted, account-safe, paced daily. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Chuang (创造营)

  Get real Tencent Video app votes for your favourite trainee on Chuang 创造营 — China-targeted, account-paced, WeTV-authenticated. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Feitian Awards Audience

  Get real audience votes for China's highest government TV drama honour — the Feitian Awards public round — from mainland Chinese residential IPs, paced to the official portal cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• HoYoLab Genshin Impact Character Popularity Vote

  Get real HoYoLab ballot votes for your favourite Genshin Impact character — China-weighted, account-authentic, paced for safety. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Hupu Annual Awards

  Get real Hupu-account votes for your Hupu Annual Awards nomination — China-targeted, account-paced, sport and pop-culture categories covered. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Idol Producer (偶像练习生)

  Get real iQiyi app votes for your favourite trainee on Idol Producer 偶像练习生 — VIP-account paced, China-targeted, daily-capped. 100 votes from $6.99.

• JD.com Golden List

  Get real in-app votes for your JD.com Golden List (京东金榜) entry — Chinese residential IPs, JD app-authentic accounts, paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Keep Running (奔跑吧兄弟)

  Get real fan votes for Keep Running (奔跑吧兄弟) on Zhejiang TV — Tencent Video and Mango TV app-vote targeting, paced per episode. 100 votes from $6.99.

• MangoTV Singer Show

  Get real fan votes for your favourite singer in the MangoTV Singer Show — China-targeted, paced for live episodes. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Migu Music Awards

  Get real Migu app votes for China Mobile's annual music awards — Chinese mobile IPs, fan-vote paced, all categories. 100 votes from $6.99.

• QQ Music Peak Chart Weekly

  Get real in-app votes to lift your track on QQ Music's 巅峰榜 Peak Chart — China-targeted, paced, and natural-looking. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Rap of China

  Get real iQiyi app fan votes for Rap of China (中国新说唱) — delivered from Chinese residential IPs, paced around weekly episode caps. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Rap of China Popularity

  Boost your contestant's iQiyi 人气 popularity ranking on Rap of China's dedicated fan-vote spinoff — real Chinese residential IPs, paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Sisters Who Make Waves

  Get real MangoTV app votes for your favourite contestant on Sisters Who Make Waves — China-targeted, daily-paced, 33-cap aware. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Street Dance of China (这就是街舞)

  Get real Youku app fan votes for Street Dance of China (这就是街舞) — delivered from mainland Chinese residential IPs, paced around weekly episode caps. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Tencent Video Starlight Awards

  Get real Tencent-account votes for your Tencent Video Starlight Awards nomination — China-targeted, app-paced, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• The Coming One (明日之子)

  Get real Tencent Video fan votes for your favourite contestant on The Coming One 明日之子 — Tencent-ecosystem accounts, track-paced, Weibo-integrated. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Voice of China / Sing! China

  Get real online viewer votes for Voice of China (Sing! China) — Weibo-targeted, paced around live-round caps. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Weibo Night Awards

  Get real Weibo-account votes for your Weibo Night Awards nomination — China-targeted, account-paced, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Xiaohongshu / Rednote Lifestyle Awards

  Get real app votes and likes for your Xiaohongshu Lifestyle Awards entry — China-targeted, account-based, paced safely. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Xiaohongshu Seeding Awards

  Get real in-app votes and engagement for your Xiaohongshu Seeding Awards entry — Chinese-user targeted, paced to platform signals, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Youth With You (青春有你)

  Buy real iQiyi app votes for your favourite trainee on Youth With You 青春有你 — China-targeted, account-paced, VIP-authenticated. 100 votes from $6.99.

• YY Annual Gala (YY年度盛典)

  Get real YY-account votes for your YY Annual Gala nomination — China-targeted, app-paced, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

India (59 contests)

• Asianet Film Awards

  Get real audience votes for your Asianet Film Awards nomination — Kerala-targeted, mobile-verified, paced safely. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Asianet Television Awards

  Get real audience votes for your Asianet Television Awards nomination — Kerala-targeted, OTP-verified, paced daily. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bigg Boss Kannada

  Get real JioHotstar votes for your favourite Bigg Boss Kannada contestant — Karnataka-targeted, account-safe, paced within the 99-vote weekly cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bigg Boss Malayalam

  Get real JioHotstar votes for your favourite Bigg Boss Malayalam contestant — Kerala-targeted, paced weekly, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bigg Boss Marathi

  Get real JioCinema votes for your favourite Bigg Boss Marathi contestant — Marathi-audience targeted, paced weekly, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bigg Boss OTT

  Get real JioCinema app votes for your favourite Bigg Boss OTT contestant — India-targeted, account-paced, weekly delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bigg Boss Tamil

  Get real votes for your favourite Bigg Boss Tamil contestant — India-targeted, Hotstar-paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bigg Boss Telugu

  Get real Hotstar votes for your favourite Bigg Boss Telugu contestant — Telugu-targeted, paced daily, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Colors Golden Petal Awards

  Get real fan votes for your favourite show or artist at the Colors Golden Petal Awards — India-targeted, paced delivery from $6.99.

• Cooku with Comali

  Get real JioHotstar app votes for your favourite Cooku with Comali contestant — Tamil-audience targeted, paced to weekly cycles. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Dance Karnataka Dance

  Get real Zee5 app and missed-call votes for your Dance Karnataka Dance contestant — Karnataka-targeted, episode-paced delivery from Bengaluru and Mysuru accounts. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Disney India Magic Hungama Kids Awards

  Buy real, India-sourced votes for the Disney India Magic Hungama Kids Awards via the Disney+ Hotstar app — Hindi kids audience targeted, category-paced delivery. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

• Drama Juniors

  Real ZEE5-verified votes for your favourite Drama Juniors Hindi child actor — India-wide delivery, episode-paced, account-authenticated. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Drama Juniors Telugu

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• ETV Gemini TV Awards

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• Femina Miss India Audience Choice Award

  Get real audience-choice votes for your Femina Miss India entry — India-targeted, paced, and safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Filmfare Awards Kannada

  Get real Popular Choice votes for Filmfare Awards Kannada on filmfare.com — Karnataka-targeted, paced to the online voting window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Filmfare Awards Marathi

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• Filmfare Awards Tamil

  Get real filmfare.com votes for your favourite Tamil film or artist — South India-targeted, jury-weighted, annual window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Filmfare OTT Awards

  Get real India-targeted votes for the Filmfare OTT Awards Popular Choice categories — account-paced, filmfare.com delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Indian Telly Awards

  Get real Popular Choice votes for your Indian Telly Awards nomination — India-targeted residential IPs, paced across the window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• IPL Auction Fan Poll

  Get real fan votes for your IPL Auction Fan Poll pick on iplt20.com — India-weighted, account-safe delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• IPL Catch of the Tournament

  Get real fan votes for your nominated catch in the IPL Catch of the Season poll on iplt20.com — India-weighted, safely paced. 100 votes from $6.99.

• IPL Emerging Player of the Season

  Get real, India-targeted fan votes for the IPL Emerging Player of the Season Viewers Choice poll on iplt20.com — paced to match days, from $6.99.

• IPL Six of the Tournament Fan Vote

  Get real fan votes for your nominated hit in the IPL Six of the Tournament poll on iplt20.com — India-weighted, paced safely. 100 votes from $6.99.

• JioCinema Best Web Series

  Get real India-targeted app votes for your favourite JioCinema web series in the annual Best Web Series fan poll. Account-paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Khatron Ke Khiladi

  Get real JioCinema app votes for your favourite Khatron Ke Khiladi contestant — India-targeted, account-paced, delivered during active voting windows. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Lions Gold Awards

  Get real fan votes for your Lions Gold Awards Popular Choice nomination — India-targeted delivery from Indian residential IPs, starting at $6.99.

• Maharashtracha Favourite Kon

  Get real missed-call votes for your Maharashtracha Favourite Kon nominee — Maharashtra-targeted, paced delivery across every day of the open window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• MTV Roadies

  Get real fan votes for your favourite MTV Roadies contestant — India-targeted, JioHotstar-paced, delivered from $6.99.

• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India

  Get real, child-demographic votes for Nickelodeon KCA India via nickindia.com — India-targeted, category-paced delivery. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

• Outlook Traveller Photo Contest

  Get real reader votes for your Outlook Traveller Photo Contest entry — India-targeted, paced, and safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• PKL App Live Fan Poll

  Get real PKL app votes for the Pro Kabaddi League's per-match live fan polls — India-targeted, app-paced, per-session delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• PKL Fan Wars

  Get real votes in the Pro Kabaddi League's team-vs-team Fan Wars rivalry polls on prokabaddi.com and Star Sports social — India-weighted, per-match delivery. From $6.99.

• PKL Fan's Choice Favourite Champion

  Get real annual-ballot votes for the Pro Kabaddi League's Fan's Choice Favourite Champion award — India-targeted, portal-paced delivery from 100 votes at $6.99.

• Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Kannada

  Get real Zee5 app and missed-call votes for your Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Kannada contestant — Karnataka-targeted, episode-paced delivery from Bengaluru, Mysuru, and Dharwad. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs Bangla

  Get real ZEE5 and missed-call votes for your favourite Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs Bangla contestant — Bengali-audience-targeted, paced weekly. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi

  Get real ZEE5 and missed-call votes for your Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi contestant — Maharashtra-targeted, paced per elimination window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Seniors

  Get real ZEE5-counted public votes for your favourite Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Seniors contestant — India-targeted, paced to the weekly episode cycle. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Telugu

  Get real Zee5 app and missed-call votes for your Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Telugu contestant — Andhra and Telangana-targeted, episode-paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Saregamapa Bangla

  Get real ZEE5 and missed-call votes for your favourite Saregamapa Bangla contestant — Bengali-audience-targeted, paced weekly. 100 votes from $6.99.

• SaReGaMaPa Lil Champs

  Get real ZEE5-verified votes for your favourite SaReGaMaPa Lil Champs contestant — India-targeted, account-paced, weekly delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• SIIMA Popular Choice Awards

  Get real online votes for your favourite SIIMA Popular Choice nominee — South India-targeted, account-paced delivery across Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada categories. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards

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• Star Maa Parivaar Awards

  Real Disney+ Hotstar app votes for your favourite Star Maa Parivaar Awards nominee — Andhra/Telangana-targeted, per-category, annual cycle. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Stardust Awards

  Get real fan votes for the Stardust Awards Popular Choice categories — India-weighted residential IPs, paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Super Singer Junior

  Get real Hotstar audience votes for your favourite Super Singer Junior contestant on Star Vijay — Tamil-kids-audience-weighted, episode-paced, up to 10 votes per login per day. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Super Singer Tamil (Vijay TV)

  Get real audience votes for your Super Singer Tamil favourite — Hotstar app votes and IVR support, Tamil-audience targeted. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Swiggy Restaurant Awards

  Get real app votes for your Swiggy Restaurant Awards nomination — India-targeted, account-based delivery across 130+ cities. 100 votes from $6.99.

• TATA IPL Fan Contest

  Get real fan votes for your TATA IPL fan contest entry on iplt20.com — India-targeted, paced to the platform cap, starting from $6.99.

• TATA IPL Fan Poll

  Get real votes for your TATA IPL Fan Poll entry on iplt20.com — India-targeted, paced per match, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Times of India Film Awards

  Get real online votes for the TOIFA Popular Choice categories — diaspora-weighted, IP-paced delivery across Dubai, Vancouver, and South Asian markets. Packages from $6.99.

• Times of India Pet of the Year

  Get real, India-weighted reader votes for your Times of India Pet of the Year entry — paced around the daily cap, all pet categories supported. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Vijay Awards Tamil

  Get real viewer votes for your Vijay Awards Tamil nominee via the Star Vijay portal and Hotstar — Tamil-targeted, paced, Popular Choice–ready. 100 votes from $6.99.

• WPL Per-Match Fan

  Get real per-match fan votes for the WPL Per-Match Fan poll on JioCinema and wplt20.com — India-targeted, paced to each match window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• WPL Viewer's Choice

  Get real JioCinema and wplt20.com fan votes for the WPL Viewer's Choice award — India-targeted, app-paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Zee Cine Awards Viewers' Choice

  Get real viewer votes for your Zee Cine Awards Viewers' Choice nomination — Hindi-film audience, multi-platform, paced. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Zee Marathi Awards

  Get real Zee5 and social-channel votes for your favourite Zee Marathi Awards nominee — Maharashtra-targeted, account-paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Zomato Restaurant Awards India

  Get real Zomato app votes for your restaurant's award nomination — India-city-targeted, account-safe pacing. 100 votes from $6.99.

Indonesia (1 contest)

• National Geographic Indonesia Photo Contest

  Get real public votes for your National Geographic Indonesia Photo Contest entry — Indonesian-targeted, paced to the platform cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

Italy (4 contests)

• National Geographic Italia Photo Contest

  Get real Italian reader votes for your National Geographic Italia Photo Contest entry — Italy-targeted, paced around the daily cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Pechino Express

  Strengthen your favourite Pechino Express couple's viewer standing with real Italian fan activity — Sky/NOW app-pattern delivery targeted to Italy. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Sanremo Premio della Critica Mia Martini

  Boost your artist's Sanremo public-vote standing and press buzz for the Premio della Critica Mia Martini — Italy-targeted, SMS-safe delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Sanremo Premio Sala Stampa Lucio Dalla

  Strengthen your artist's public standing for the Sanremo press-hall award — Italy-targeted SMS delivery timed to live Rai 1 broadcasts. 100 votes from $6.99.

Japan (12 contests)

• All Pretty Cure Popularity Sōsenkyo

  Get real fan votes for the 全プリキュア大投票 — Japan-targeted web-ballot delivery, paced across the open voting window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Chainsaw Man Character Popularity

  Get real fan votes for the Chainsaw Man character popularity poll — Japan-weighted, shonenjump.com delivery, paced around the one-vote-per-day cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Cinderella Girl Sōsenkyo (シンデレラガール総選挙)

  Real in-game votes for the iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Sōsenkyo — delivered via aged Starlight Stage accounts, Japan-weighted, paced around the per-day jewel cap. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

• Gundam Sōsenkyo

  Get real fan votes for your favourite mobile suit in Japan's official Gundam Sōsenkyo — globally delivered, paced to the daily cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• J.League Awards Best Eleven

  Get real, Japan-targeted fan votes for the Jリーグアウォーズ Best Eleven ballot on the official J.League portal — account-paced, position-accurate delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Love Live! Center Position Sōsenkyo

  Real fan votes for the Love Live! Center Position Sōsenkyo — Japan-weighted, app-account delivery, paced around the official portal cap. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

• MAMA Awards Fans' Choice — Japan

  Get real Mubeat and MAMA portal votes for the MAMA Awards Fans' Choice Japan-eligible track — weighted to Japanese and Korean fan IPs, paced across both voting rounds. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Niconico Douga Awards User Choice

  Get real Niconico account votes for the annual ユーザー投票賞 — Japan-native delivery, account-paced to the December window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• NPB Best Nine

  Boost your player's NPB Best Nine ベストナイン campaign with Japan-targeted fan petition votes and social engagement signals that reach accredited media voters. Packages from $6.99.

• NPB Mynavi All-Star Game

  Get real, Japan-targeted fan votes for the NPB Mynavi All-Star Game ballot at npb.jp — account-paced, position-accurate delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Pokemon of the Year / Pokemon Sosenkyo

  Get real fan votes for your Pokemon Sosenkyo entry — Japan-targeted, Google-native delivery, paced around the daily vote cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Weekly Shonen Jump Character Popularity

  Get real fan votes for Weekly Shonen Jump character popularity polls — Japan-targeted, paced around the daily cap, across any active series poll. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

Pakistan (8 contests)

• ARY Film Awards

  Get real aryfilmawards.com votes for your favourite Pakistani film nominee — Lollywood-audience-weighted, IP-paced, delivered within 48 hours. Packages from $6.99.

• ARY People's Choice Awards

  Get real Pakistan-targeted votes for your ARY People's Choice Awards nomination — paced, safe, and delivered from Pakistani residential IPs. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Hum Awards

  Get real Pakistan-targeted votes for your Hum Awards Viewers' Choice nominee — account-paced delivery across the full HUM TV portal window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Hum Social Media Awards

  Get real Pakistan-targeted votes for your Hum Social Media Awards nominee — account-paced, category-specific delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Hum Style Awards

  Get real Pakistan-targeted votes for your Hum Style Awards public choice nominee — account-paced delivery through humstyleawards.com for fashion and entertainment categories. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Pakistan Idol Geo TV

  Get real SMS-verified and Begin-app votes for your favourite Pakistan Idol contestant — Pakistan-targeted, paced daily, starts in 60 minutes. 100 votes from $6.99.

• PSL Best XI Fan

  Get real PCB-channel votes for your favourite player's PSL Best XI spot — Pakistan-targeted, paced around the YouTube comment window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• PSL Fans' Choice Awards

  Get real votes for your PSL Fans' Choice Awards nomination — Pakistan-targeted, YouTube-comment paced, starting from $6.99.

Russia (9 contests)

• Fonbet KHL All-Star

  Get real fan votes for the Fonbet KHL All-Star ballot on khl.ru — Russian hockey audience, paced daily, any squad or position. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Kinopoisk Audience Choice

  Get real kinopoisk.ru account votes for your film or series entry in the Kinopoisk Audience Choice award — Russia-targeted, account-paced delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• VK Music Awards

  Get real community votes for your favourite artist at the VK Music Awards — Russia-targeted, stream-weighted, delivered in 1–48 hours. From $6.99.

• Битва экстрасенсов

  Get real viewer votes for Битва экстрасенсов on TNT — Russia-targeted app and web votes, paced per episode window, from $6.99.

• Голос (The Voice Russia)

  Get real viewer votes for your Голос (The Voice Russia) entry — Russia-targeted SMS and app votes, paced per live episode, from $6.99.

• Голос. Дети (The Voice Kids Russia)

  Get real Russian SMS and app votes for your favourite contestant on Голос. Дети — Channel One Russia, Russia-targeted delivery, paced to each live finale window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Маска (NTV)

  Get real Russian viewer votes for Маска (The Masked Singer Russia) on NTV — app and web votes from Russia-targeted residential IPs, paced to weekly Sunday episodes, from $6.99.

• Танцы на ТНТ

  Get real Russian viewer votes for Танцы на ТНТ — SMS shortcode 9009 and TNT Club app votes, Russia-targeted residential IPs, paced to each episode window, from $6.99.

• Холостяк Россия

  Get real Russian viewer votes for Холостяк on TNT — Russia-targeted app and SMS votes paced to each episode window, delivered from $6.99.

South Korea (35 contests)

• AAA Female Singer Popularity

  Get real IdolChamp and STARPOLL votes for the Asia Artist Awards Female Singer Popularity Award — two-round scoring, Korea and Southeast Asia weighting, 100 votes from $6.99.

• AAA Male Singer Popularity

  Get real IdolChamp app votes for the Asia Artist Awards Male Singer Popularity Award — two-round K-pop fan voting, Korea and Pan-Asia weighted, 100 votes from $6.99.

• Baeksang Arts Awards NAVER Popularity

  Get real Naver-account votes for the Baeksang Arts Awards Popularity Award — Korea-targeted, paced daily, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Baeksang Arts Awards Popularity

  Get real TikTok-verified votes for the Baeksang Arts Awards Popularity Award — Korean-IP weighted, paced to the 4-vote daily cap. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Boys Planet (보이즈 플래닛)

  Get real global votes for your favourite Boys Planet or Boys II Planet contestant — Mnet Plus app-account votes, paced daily, from $6.99.

• Build Up Vocal Boy Group Survival

  Get real app + portal votes for your favourite Build Up contestant — account-verified fan votes, paced to the show's daily cap, from $6.99.

• Choeaedol Daily Heart

  Boost your idol's Choeaedol ranking with real daily heart votes — globally targeted, paced overnight KST, starts in 60 minutes. 100 hearts from $6.99.

• Genie Music Awards Domestic Popularity

  Get real Genie app votes for the Genie Music Awards Domestic Popularity Award — Korean-account delivery, streamed and paced. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Genie Music Awards Global Popularity

  Buy real IdolPlus fan votes for the Genie Music Awards Global Popularity Award — multi-account, globally delivered, K-pop audience. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Girls Planet 999 / Planet Series

  Get real app votes for your Girls Planet 999 or Planet Series entry — K-pop audience-targeted, Universe app-paced, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• I-LAND / I-LAND 2 Survival Show

  Get real global fan votes for your favourite I-LAND or I-LAND 2 trainee — Weverse and Mnet Plus delivery, paced daily. 100 votes from $6.99.

• IdolChamp Monthly Idol Ranking

  Get real IdolChamp votes for the monthly idol ranking — Korean-targeted, Hearts-paced across the full calendar month. 100 votes from $6.99.

• IdolChamp Show Champion

  Get real IdolChamp votes for Show Champion pre-voting and K-Star Chart — Korean-targeted, ticket-paced, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Inkigayo Hot Stage

  Get real fan votes for the SBS Inkigayo Hot Stage poll on the HIGHER app — account-rotated, ruby-safe, paced weekly. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Inkigayo Pre-Vote

  Get real fan votes for the SBS Inkigayo Pre-Vote on LiNC — Korea-targeted, account-safe, paced daily. 100 votes from $6.99.

• KBO All-Star Best 12

  Get real, account-based votes for the KBO All-Star Best 12 fan ballot — Korean-targeted, paced across all three daily channels. 100 votes from $6.99.

• KBS Music Bank K-Chart Fan

  Real app-based fan votes for the KBS Music Bank K-Chart pre-vote — AllChart BPM section, globally delivered. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Kingdom: Legendary War

  Get real global fan votes for Kingdom Legendary War on Mnet's Whosfan platform — K-pop fandom-paced, multi-account safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• M Countdown Live Global Vote

  Get real Mnet Plus votes for M Countdown — device-safe, paced around the weekly schedule, and globally sourced. 100 votes from $6.99.

• M Countdown Pre-Vote Chart

  Get real Mnet Plus votes for your favourite artist's M Countdown chart run — app-account delivery, paced Saturday to Monday KST. 100 votes from $6.99.

• M Countdown Weekly PICK

  Get real Mnet Plus Weekly PICK votes for M Countdown — account-diverse, paced to the weekly window, and sourced from an active global pool. 100 votes from $6.99.

• MAMA Awards Worldwide Fans' Choice

  Get real app and hashtag votes for the MAMA Awards Worldwide Fans' Choice — global K-pop fans, two-round pacing, 100 votes from $6.99.

• MAMA Awards: Visa Fans' Choice of the Year

  Get real Mnet Plus votes for the MAMA Awards Visa Fans' Choice category — Korea-weighted, paced during the live voting window. Packages from $6.99.

• Melon Music Awards Netizen's Choice (멜론 네티즌 인기상)

  Get real Melon Music Awards Netizen's Choice votes from verified Korean accounts — paced, safe, and delivered within 48 hours. Packages from $6.99.

• Melon Music Awards Top 10 Artist

  Get real Melon app fan votes for your MMA Top 10 Artist nomination — Korea-targeted, paced around the daily cap, and safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Music Bank K-Chart (뮤직뱅크 K-차트)

  Get real Fancast pre-votes for KBS Music Bank's K-Chart — global K-pop fans, paced to the Sun–Wed window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Produce 101 Trainee

  Get real fan votes for your favourite Produce 101 trainee — Korean-weighted, paced per episode, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Queendom Puzzle

  Get real Mnet Plus and Twinkple account votes for your favourite Queendom Puzzle trainee — 50/50 Korea-global delivery, paced per episode, from $6.99.

• Show Champion Pre

  Buy real IdolChamp ticket votes for MBC M's Show Champion pre-vote — app-account delivery, paced Friday to Monday. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Show Me The Money

  Get real Mnet Plus app votes for your Show Me The Money contestant — Korea-targeted, episode-paced, weekly delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Soribada Best K-Music Awards Popularity

  Get real Soribada app and fan-platform votes for the SOBA Popularity Award — Korea-weighted, paced daily delivery, 100 votes from $6.99.

• The Show Pre-Vote (더쇼 사전투표)

  Get real Star Planet pre-votes for The Show on SBS MTV — K-pop fan-weighted, app-paced, and safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• TikTok Awards Korea

  Get real TikTok app fan votes for TikTok Awards Korea — Korean-account delivery, one vote per account per day per category, paced to the October deadline. From $6.99.

• tvN Awards Viewer

  Real account-based votes for the tvN Awards viewer categories — Korean-IP weighted, paced to the daily reset on the tvN portal. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

• Universe Ticket

  Get real Universe app votes for your trainee on Universe Ticket — K-pop global fan voting for the SBS/EBS survival show debut group selection. From $6.99.

Spain (4 contests)

• Benidorm Fest

  Get real Spanish public votes for Benidorm Fest via the RTVE Play app — geo-targeted, paced to the semi-final and final windows, from $6.99.

• Eurovision Song Contest — Spain

  Get real Spanish televotes for your Eurovision entry via esc.vote, SMS, and phone — paced, geo-targeted, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• La Voz España

  Get real app and SMS votes for La Voz España on Antena 3 — geo-targeted Spanish IPs, paced per episode. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Operación Triunfo

  Get real OT app votes for Operación Triunfo — delivered via Spanish residential accounts, paced to each gala cycle. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

Thailand (2 contests)

• Miss Grand International

  Get real public votes for Miss Grand International — website-based, paced delivery across the full voting window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Miss Grand International Fan

  Secure real fan votes on the official Miss Grand International portal — direct website voting, geo-diverse delivery, paced around the open window. 100 votes from $6.99.

Ukraine (6 contests)

• Vidbir Ukraine Eurovision Selection

  Get real Ukrainian public votes for Нацвідбір via the Diia app — geo-targeted Ukrainian IPs, paced delivery, 50/50 jury-public split respected. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Голос країни / The Voice Ukraine

  Get real Ukrainian audience votes for your Голос країни entry — SMS-weighted, paced per live show, safe. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Голос. Діти Україна

  Get real Ukrainian audience votes for your Голос. Діти entry on 1+1 channel — SMS-paced per live show, carrier-matched. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Україна має талант

  Get real SMS and online votes for Ukraine's Got Talent on STB — Ukrainian-number paced, 10-per-phone cap respected. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Х-Фактор Україна

  Get real SMS and STB app votes for X-Factor Ukraine on STB — short code 7766 respected, broadcast-window paced, Ukrainian-number delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Холостяк Україна

  Get real viewer votes for Холостяк Україна on STB — app and online poll paced per episode, Ukrainian audience targeted. 100 votes from $6.99.

United Arab Emirates (2 contests)

• 1 Billion Followers Summit Awards

  Get real fan votes for the 1 Billion Followers Summit Awards in Dubai — MENA-weighted residential IPs, account-sourced voting, Arabic targeting. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Globe Soccer Awards

  Get real fan votes for the Globe Soccer Awards — worldwide residential IPs, two-round pacing, Arabic and global targeting. 100 votes from $6.99.

United Kingdom (1 contest)

• Pride of Britain People's Choice

  Get real online votes for the Pride of Britain People's Choice Award, voted at prideofbritain.com — UK-geo delivery, paced. 100 votes from $6.99.

United States (1813 contests)

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• 12News Friday Night Fever Sweet Play of the Week

  The 12News (KPNX) Friday Night Fever weekly fan vote for Arizona's best high school football play, sponsored by Sweet James Accident Attorneys. Each week during the season three "Sweet Plays" are shortlisted from games across the state, fans vote for the winner, and the weekly winners advance toward the season-end Sweet Play of the Year and a $5,000 scholarship.

• 12News Friday Night Fever Sweet Play of the Year

  The season-ending fan vote in 12News (KPNX) Friday Night Fever, Arizona's high school football highlight program sponsored by Sweet James Accident Attorneys. Eleven weekly Sweet Play of the Week winners from across the state go head to head on one ballot; online voting runs through early December, and the winner is revealed at the annual Friday Night Fever Awards Show with a $5,000 scholarship attached.

• 2 News Oklahoma Player of the Week

  The KJRH-TV (NBC Tulsa / 2 News Oklahoma) weekly fan vote tied to the station's Friday Night Live prep football broadcast, open to nominated Green Country multi-sport athletes with a free public poll at kjrh.com and a season-long tally kept separately at the site's annual results page.

• 302Sports.com Athlete of the Week

  A weekly public fan vote covering every Delaware high school sport, all year, run by 302Sports.com, an independent Delaware prep sports outlet, and presented by Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists. Nominations go to [email protected] and voting closes Wednesday at 3 p.m. This is a separate program from Delaware Online and WDEL's own athlete-of-the-week polls.

• 405 Magazine Best of 405

  405 Magazine's annual Best of 405 reader awards for the Oklahoma City metro, voted at vote.405magazine.com across 196 categories in Health & Beauty, Food & Drink, Entertainment, and Services, with 2026 winners announced May 1 in the magazine's print edition.

• 41NBC Best Costume Contest

  41NBC runs the Best Costume contest for Macon, Georgia, on the Second Street platform at 41nbc.secondstreetapp.com. The confirmed 2026 window is open September 1 through September 29, 2026, and this is the program's first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published. No category list or per-voter limit appears on the page either, so a contestant should confirm on the live ballot each cycle rather than assume a rule that was never printed.

• 41NBC Sidesgiving Bracket Challenge

  41NBC, the Macon, Georgia television station, runs the Sidesgiving Bracket Challenge through the Second Street platform at 41nbc.secondstreetapp.com. The 2025 round ran November 7 through November 25, 2025, and is now closed, following an earlier 2024 round. Unlike Middle Georgia's magazine-run readers' polls, this is a television station's own seasonal bracket vote. Neither a roster of what the bracket pits against what, nor a per-supporter voting rule, is printed on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• 605 Magazine Best of South Dakota

  605 Magazine's annual Best of South Dakota is a statewide People's Choice Award spanning three main categories, with winners announced in the magazine's December/January issue. Nominations and voting run through 605magazine.com; confirm the live site each cycle for current category names, deadlines, and any vote limits.

• 94.3 The Point Monmouth County School Spirit Competition

  WJLK-FM's 94.3 The Point runs the Monmouth County School Spirit Competition on its own site, 943thepoint.com, a radio bracket that narrows local schools through head-to-head voting rounds. Five editions are confirmed: 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025, and 2026. One archived Round 2 page recorded voting closing at 11:59 p.m. on a Sunday, October 14, though no year is attached to that page, and no category roster, vote cap, or current-round date is published; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• 94.5 PST Pet Costume Contest

  WPST, a New Jersey radio station, runs the 94.5 PST Pet Costume Contest as an annual pet-photo vote on its own site at wpst.com. Seven confirmed editions span 2020 through 2026, each one landing in October. More than 50 pets have entered for one grand prize, dressed as everything from dragons and super dogs to peacocks and Pokemon characters, per the contest's own page. A costume-category list, a vote cap, and day-level dates are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• 97.1 The Fan Pizza Madness Columbus

  97.1 The Fan's annual bracket-style pizza tournament for Columbus, pitting 64 pizzerias across four regions in single-elimination online voting rounds at pizzamadness.pizza. Entrants advance round by round rather than accumulating one open-ended vote total the way a standard readers-choice ballot works elsewhere in Ohio.

• A-List

  TulsaPeople Magazine's annual readers-choice awards, splitting a February nomination round from an April public vote across five named sections. The 2026 edition recognized 719 businesses across 143 categories, plus a standing A-List Hall of Fame.

• A-List St. Louis Magazine

  St. Louis Magazine's annual A-List Readers' Choice Awards, a write-in nomination round followed by a public finalist vote across roughly 150 categories, with results printed in the September issue.

• Aberdeen Community's Choice Awards

  A Gannett-owned USA TODAY Network local paper organizes Aberdeen Community's Choice Awards, a South Dakota business ballot, on the Your Choice Awards network at yourchoiceawards.com/aberdeen. Two editions are confirmed, 2024 and 2025, and the 2024 round spanned a wide category slate, ran December 2 through 23 with one vote allowed per person each day, and closed with winners announced February 8, 2025. A next round is expected, though its own dates are not yet published; confirm the current window on the live ballot each cycle.

• About Town's Best of Birmingham

  About Town Magazine runs an annual Best of Birmingham program at abouttown.io/issue/best-of-2025/, with a confirmed category record spanning Music Venues, Dining, and a professional Top Doctors feature in the 2025 issue. The full category list, vote cap, and close date aren't published; confirm each on the live site every cycle.

• Adopt A Stray Rescue Pet Calendar Photo Contest

  Adopt a Stray Rescue, based in Arkansas, runs its Pet Calendar Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/adoptastrayrescue on the GoGo Photo Contest platform. Two confirmed editions produced the 2024 and 2025 calendars; the most recently confirmed round closed voting 9:00 PM Central, Sunday, October 13, 2024. Entry is free and each vote costs $1, with the top 13 photos landing in the calendar and the leader on its cover. Whatever comes next is confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Adopt Me! Bluegrass Pet Rescue Pet Photo Calendar Contest

  A small La Grange, Kentucky rescue, Adopt Me! Bluegrass Pet Rescue, built its own calendar fundraiser and put it on GoGo Photo Contest's page for the rescue, gogophotocontest.com/adoptmebluegrasspetrescue-2022, rather than joining a shared statewide ballot. Three edition years back the contest so far, 2022 through 2024, and the 2022 round opened October 19 and closed November 9 that year. Entries climb by raw vote count alone, with the top dozen photos featured at the end. Whether a category roster or a daily voting limit exists is never spelled out; confirm on the live ballot each cycle before assuming either one.

• AHBA Parade of Homes

  Ames Home Builders Association's annual Parade of Homes sends the public through newly built and remodeled houses across the Ames trade area, with a people's choice vote component built into the tour. Voting details and the current entry list are published at ameshomebuilders.com; exact dates and any vote cap should be confirmed each cycle.

• AIA Arkansas People's Choice Award

  AIA Arkansas, the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects, runs the People's Choice Award for design excellence at aiaar.org. The chapter's own page states the award launched in 2015, and the 2026 cycle closes September 25, 2026, as its latest confirmed edition. Beyond that, the category list and any per-voter rule are what the live ballot actually settles, checked fresh each cycle.

• AIA Birmingham People's Choice

  AIA Birmingham's annual People's Choice vote at aiabham.org/vote/ lets the public choose among submitted architecture and design projects. Confirmed entries include work by Williams Blackstock Architects and the Mountain Brook Fire Station design, with the 2025 cycle confirmed active on the organizer's own site.

• AIA Honolulu People's Choice Awards

  AIA Honolulu's People's Choice Awards, run by the Honolulu chapter of the American Institute of Architects at aiahonolulu.org/peoples-choice-awards/, is a confirmed active, distinct professional and civic program built for an architecture audience, not the general consumer crowd behind most Hawaii readers'-choice ballots.

• Akron Community's Choice Awards

  The Akron Beacon Journal's readers-choice business awards, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform (Gannett): nominations April 9-30, a top-5 finalist cutoff per category, then public voting June 16-30 across 130+ local business categories.

• Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week

  The Akron Beacon Journal fan vote covering Summit, Stark, Portage, and Medina county high school athletes across all sports — boys and girls chosen separately each week, closed Friday at 5 p.m., with the winner announced Saturday morning. No account required.

• Alabama High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, recognizing one standout AHSAA prep athlete each week across all seven classification levels and all three sports seasons. One vote per six hours per device, no account required.

• Alabama High School Baseball Player of the Week

  SBLive Sports / High School on SI fan-vote poll naming one standout AHSAA baseball performer each spring week at si.com/high-school/alabama. The confirmed March 19, 2025, ballot carried ten nominees from across the state — pitchers, hitters, and two-way players from Class 1A through 7A all eligible on one list.

• Alabama High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-spring-season fan vote run by the Montgomery Advertiser (Gannett), presented by Vance Law Firm, recognising the top AHSAA prep baseball player statewide. Voting lives at montgomeryadvertiser.com; readers choose from a curated ballot of nominees selected by the sports desk from all seven AHSAA classification levels.

• Alabama High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  Free weekly fan-vote poll run by SBLive Sports under the High School on SI banner at si.com/high-school/alabama, recognising standout AHSAA boys basketball performers each winter. Editors pick the nominees, anyone can vote on a one-per-device-per-cooldown basis, and unlike the all-sport general ballot this one runs basketball players only — no 7A football fan bases to drown out a Class 3A nominee.

• Alabama High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, naming an AHSAA Boys Basketball Player of the Year after the winter season across all seven classifications. It is separate from MaxPreps' pick and the ASWA's Mr. Basketball media honor; only this ballot is a public vote.

• Alabama High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from High School on SI / SBLive Alabama — SBLive's editors choose nominees from across the AHSAA, fans vote on the active poll post, and the ballot runs from Sunday through a close the organizer posts on that week's page. No public vote-count scale is published; statewide schools from Hoover to Colbert County compete on the same ballot.

• Alabama High School Football Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote from Sports Illustrated / SBLive's High School on SI hub at si.com/high-school/alabama, run alongside the Alabama Sports Writers Association's committee-picked All-State team. A separate weekly Player of the Week poll runs the same hub August through November. The two are easy to mix up.

• Alabama High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive weekly fan vote for Alabama's top girls basketball performance. Editors set the nominees, fans vote freely with the poll's own published rule — "as often as you wish" — and the ballot closes Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• Alabama High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama/girls-basketball, naming an AHSAA Girls Basketball Player of the Year after a winter season that includes multiple confirmed weekly polls. It is separate from the ASWA's Miss Basketball media honor; only this ballot is a public vote.

• Alabama High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, recognising the top AHSAA prep athlete in each sport across all seven classification levels. Separate polls run per sport; voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on the published date.

• Alabama High School Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote from SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, naming a Boys and a Girls Soccer Player of the Year after Alabama's spring AHSAA season. It runs separately from the state tournament bracket itself, and anyone can vote with no account required.

• Alabama High School Softball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive Alabama spring fan vote for the best weekly softball performance in the state. Confirmed winners include Gracie Dees (Saraland) in March and Braya Hodges (Houston Academy) in May — two very different school types on the same recurring ballot.

• Alabama High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-spring-season public fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, selecting Alabama's top girls softball player across all seven AHSAA classification levels. Free to vote, no account required; voting closes 11:59 p.m. PT on the published deadline after the AHSAA state tournament.

• Alabama High School Volleyball Player of the Year

  Alabama's statewide volleyball Player of the Year, named separately for each AHSAA classification, is decided by AHSVCA member coaches, not by public ballot. The votable layer sits one step over: MaxPreps' weekly Player of the Week recognition, run with AVCA, tracks standout Alabama performers through the fall season, and SI/SBLive reports AHSVCA's results without running its own volleyball fan vote.

• Alabama Magazine's Best of Bama

  Alabama Magazine's statewide Best of Bama readers-choice awards span restaurant, people, places, and entertainment categories, with voting open each year at alabama-magazine.com/vote-for-best-of-bama/. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active through the magazine's own Facebook updates, and winners appear in a following issue of Alabama Magazine.

• Alaska Chamber Premier Business Awards

  Alaska Chamber Premier Business Awards is the state's oldest business-recognition program, running more than 60 years and listed at alaskachamber.com/awards/. It comes from the statewide Chamber itself, not a newspaper or magazine, which sets it apart from Best of Alaska, Best of Alaska Business, and Best of Juneau.

• Alaska High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide fan-vote polls for Alaska prep athletes published throughout the ASAA sports calendar at si.com/high-school/alaska by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive). Free, unlimited manual votes, no account required; automated voting prohibited. Covers all 219 ASAA member schools across 4A–1A.

• Alaska High School Player of the Year

  Annual sport-specific fan-vote award at si.com/high-school/alaska by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive). Free, unlimited manual votes, no account required; one poll per sport per season; covers all ASAA classifications statewide. Automated voting prohibited.

• Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Public Ballot

  The annual public ballot run by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame each November, where anyone ranks 5 People and 3 Moments from a panel-selected field of 49 candidates. The combined public result counts as one weighted vote inside the Selection Panel, not a standalone popularity contest. Inductees are honored each April at the Anchorage Museum. Statewide, all sports, all eras.

• Alaska's News Source Student Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan vote run by Alaska's News Source (KTUU/KYES, the NBC and MyNetworkTV affiliates covering Southcentral Alaska) at alaskasnewssource.com/sports/athlete-of-the-week, spotlighting one standout from Anchorage, Eagle River, and Chugiak-area high schools. No account or purchase required to cast a ballot.

• Albuquerque Journal Readers' Choice

  Annual Albuquerque Journal readers-choice business awards for the Albuquerque metro, with a nomination round, public voting on the CherryRoad ballot platform, and winners announced across categories from restaurants to healthcare.

• Albuquerque The Magazine's Best of the City

  Albuquerque The Magazine runs Best of the City, a reader ballot at abqthemag.com covering 100-plus categories across the metro. Unlike a typical consumer readers-choice ballot, past winners have included Albuquerque Public Schools and other major institutions alongside restaurants and shops. Confirm the current category list and dates on the live site each cycle.

• Alexandria Community's Choice Awards

  The Town Talk's (Gannett) readers-choice business awards for Cenla, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/alexandria/ across 150+ categories spanning Rapides, Grant, and Avoyelles parishes.

• All About the Animals Coalition Pet Photo Calendar Contest

  All About the Animals Coalition, based in Pocatello, Idaho, runs its Pet Photo Calendar Contest at gogophotocontest.com/aaacoalition. Each vote costs $1, and voting runs September 28 through October 28, 2026, closing at 8:00 PM Mountain time, with winning photos set to fill the 2027 calendar. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Alley Cat Advocates Cat Calendar Contest

  Louisville, Kentucky's Alley Cat Advocates runs its Cat Calendar Contest as a fundraiser for the group's rescued cats, posted on GoGo Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/alleycatadvocates-2016. Web addresses tied to each year point to nine confirmed contest years running from 2016 through 2024, one of the longer histories among fundraisers of this kind. Nothing published moves the confirmed history past 2024. The 2016 page's own text spells out its prize mechanic: several cats, one for each month from January through December 2017, are each named Cat of the Month and given a prize package the page doesn't fully describe. No category list and no per-supporter vote limit appear anywhere on the confirmed page. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• American Idol Fan Save

  Get real Fan Save votes for American Idol's live rescue round via idolvote.abc.com, the official app, and text — US-weighted, paced through the broadcast window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Anchorage Daily News Best of Alaska

  Anchorage Daily News's annual Best of Alaska readers-choice program, voted statewide at adnbestofalaska.com/vote across restaurant, service, outdoor, and retail categories, with 2025 results published in an Issuu magazine and future cycle dates and caps confirmed only on the live ballot.

• Anchorage Daily News High School Sports

  Anchorage Daily News's prep-sports coverage at adn.com/section/sports/high-school-sports, spotlighting standout Alaska high school athletes statewide — from Fairbanks to Ketchikan, not just the Anchorage TV market — through profile features with an embedded reader poll. No account required to take part.

• Animal House Shelter Calendar Contest

  The Animal House Shelter Calendar Contest is a Huntley, Illinois animal shelter's annual photo fundraiser, run through GoGo Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/animalhouseshelter. Entry and voting run together in one window, confirmed to close November 1, 2026, with the 13 highest-voted photos earning a spot in the shelter's 2027 calendar. A category list isn't published beyond that, and a vote cap isn't either; check the live contest page directly for both.

• Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County Best in Show Photo Contest

  Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County, a Port Charlotte, Florida shelter, built its own pet-photo fundraiser, Best In Show, and put it on GoGo Photo Contest's dedicated page, gogophotocontest.com/bestinshow. Two edition years are confirmed, 2019 and 2020, covering the shelter's second annual round: online voting opened November 1, 2019 and closed January 31, 2020. No newer edition is published anywhere on the confirmed page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Ankeny's Best Community's Choice Awards

  Ankeny, Iowa, is home to Ankeny's Best Community's Choice Awards, a Second Street ballot The Des Moines Register runs at desmoinesregister.gannettcontests.com. Four editions are confirmed, 2023 through 2026, and the 2026 edition has already closed, its winners confirmed February 27 and 28, 2026. Neither a category roster nor a vote cap appears on the page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Ann Arbor-Area High School Football Player of the Week

  The MLive / Ann Arbor News regional fan vote for the best Washtenaw County-area prep football performance of the week. Embedded via poll.fm inside a dated mlive.com article — 10 nominees chosen by editors, approximately 1 vote per device per hour, closes Thursday morning, and puts three Division 1 city schools on the same ballot as Chelsea, Dexter, and Milan.

• Anniston Star Readers' Choice Awards

  The Anniston Star's annual East Alabama readers' choice ballot. Hundreds of nominations across dozens of categories, then the top 5 nominees per category move to a final public vote.

• Appalachian Great Pyrenees Rescue Calendar Photo Contest

  Appalachian Great Pyrenees Rescue runs its Calendar Photo Contest as a fundraiser for the group's Great Pyrenees dogs, hosted on GoGo Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/agprescue. The rescue's own headquarters sit in Richmond, Virginia. What the page actually proves is thin: one confirmed contest year, 2019. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. A live cycle is currently building toward a calendar cover dated 2027: the dog pulling the most votes takes that cover and shares the January page too, while every other submitted photo is assigned to one of the remaining months. No category list and no per-voter limit appear anywhere on the confirmed page.

• Appleton Post-Crescent Cellcom Athlete of the Week

  The Appleton Post-Crescent / Cellcom multi-sport fan vote covering the Fox Valley — Kimberly, Kaukauna, Xavier, Neenah, Appleton, and the surrounding WIAA programs. One vote per hour per device; closes Friday at 3:00 p.m. Central. That hourly cap is the single rule most supporters miss.

• Argus Leader Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote poll inside the Argus Leader's High School Sports section (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), pulling nominees from Sioux Falls and Eastern South Dakota programs alongside the rest of the paper's statewide coverage area. Free to vote, no account required, poll closes Fridays at 11:59 p.m.

• Arizona Daily Star Readers' Choice

  Arizona Daily Star's annual Readers' Choice awards for Tucson, run on the Second Street platform across 200+ categories in ten industry groups. The 2025 cycle drew 44,000+ nominated businesses, with daily voting online or by text to 520-214-8683 from August 15 through August 25, closing with a gala event.

• Arizona High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly statewide fan poll sponsored by WaFd Bank and run by SBLive / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/arizona, recognising standout AIA athletes across all six enrollment divisions statewide. Free to vote, no account required, closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time each week.

• Arizona High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The SBLive / High School on SI weekly fan vote for Arizona prep boys basketball, sponsored by WaFd Bank. Editors compile nominees from across the AIA's seven classifications; anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — with a winner announced Monday.

• Arizona High School Player of the Year

  Annual sport-specific fan vote hosted by High School on SI / SBLive at si.com/high-school/arizona, recognising the best AIA high school player in each sport at the end of every season. Free to vote, no account needed. Run by SBLive under the Sports Illustrated umbrella.

• Arizona Republic Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly Phoenix-metro fan poll at azcentral.com, presented by Diamond Kitchen & Bath, recognising standout AIA prep athletes across Greater Phoenix each school-sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account required. Administered by The Arizona Republic (Gannett / USA TODAY Network) — the largest Gannett daily in Arizona.

• Arizona Republic High School Football Play of the Week

  The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com weekly fan vote for the best high school football play in Arizona. Nominees are selected by Republic sports staff across all AIA divisions; fans vote via an embedded Poll.fm widget that closes Wednesday at 5 p.m. Arizona time — the shortest active window of any comparable state prep football poll.

• Ark-Valley Humane Society Feline & Fido Calendar Contest

  Ark Valley Humane Society raises money for the animals in its care through the Feline & Fido Calendar Contest, a $1-per-vote pet-photo fundraiser at gogophotocontest.com/avhs that fills the shelter's 2027 wall calendar. Confirmed editions run 2016 through 2024, and 2026. The current window opened September 27, 2026, with photos open to public voting through 9:00 PM Mountain time on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at $1 per vote with a $5 minimum. Beyond that window, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Arkansas Business Best of Biz

  Arkansas Business Magazine's Readers' Choice Best of Biz awards, published at arkansasbusiness.com, cover a mix of B2B and consumer categories including accountants, dry cleaners, transportation, and restaurants. It's the fourth statewide readers-choice ballot in Arkansas, and the only one run by a business trade publication rather than a lifestyle title, a daily paper, or an alt-weekly.

• Arkansas High School Athlete of the Week

  SBLive / High School on SI runs a free statewide fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/arkansas covering every Arkansas Activities Association sport — football through track — weekly throughout the school year. No account needed. The poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m., and automated votes are explicitly prohibited and result in athlete disqualification.

• Arkansas High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive statewide fan vote for the best Arkansas boys basketball performance of the week. Editors nominate; anyone can vote with no account; the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT. Two confirmed 2025 winners — Peyton Hicks of Genoa Central (75%) and Ta'Ron Hurst of Earle (60%) — both come from small, rural programs, not the 6A powers the bracket sheets might lead you to expect.

• Arkansas High School Football Player of the Week

  The SBLive / High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best Arkansas prep football performance of the week. Editors nominate across all seven AAA classifications, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT — the same night most casual voters have already moved on.

• Arkansas High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  SBLive / High School on SI runs a free statewide fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/arkansas/girls-basketball each week of the Arkansas basketball season (January through March). Editors choose the nominees from the weekend's stat lines; anyone can vote with no account, no limit. The ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT, and automated scripts are explicitly prohibited by the organizer.

• Arkansas High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote at si.com/high-school/arkansas, run by High School on SI / SBLive, naming the top Arkansas prep athlete in each major sport at season's end. ArkansasPrepSports.com runs parallel regional Player of the Year polls presented by Shelter Insurance. No account required; unlimited votes, no scripts allowed.

• Arkansas Money & Politics Best of AMP

  Arkansas Money & Politics' Best of AMP readers'-choice program, published at armoneyandpolitics.com, covers finance, politics-adjacent businesses, and economic development. That B2B-and-civic focus sets it apart from Arkansas's consumer-facing best-of ballots, aiming at bankers, government-relations professionals, and economic-development officials rather than restaurant-goers or shoppers.

• Arkansas SBLive Athlete of the Week: Spring

  SBLive Sports / High School on SI folds Arkansas's spring prep sports into one combined Athlete of the Week ballot at si.com/high-school/arkansas: baseball, softball, track, golf, tennis, and soccer nominees share the same weekly poll. The organizer's softball page confirms that coverage. Free to vote, no account required; confirm close time on the live post.

• Arkansas SBLive Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  A weekly winter fan poll from SI's High School on SI (SBLive Sports desk), recognizing one standout Arkansas prep boys basketball performance. Four straight 2025 editions (Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, and Feb. 3) are confirmed live and separate from SBLive's Arkansas girls basketball series. Nominations come from coaches, fans, and readers; no account is needed to cast a vote.

• Arkansas SBLive Football Player of the Week

  A weekly statewide fan vote from SI's High School on SI (SBLive Sports desk), picking one standout Arkansas prep football performance each Friday-night slate. Ballots post as dated articles, closing every Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Typical polls settle between 2,000 and 10,000 votes; nominations route through @SBLiveARK on X.

• Arkansas SBLive Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  A weekly winter fan poll from SI's High School on SI (SBLive Sports desk), recognizing one standout Arkansas prep girls basketball performance. The ballot runs separate from SBLive's Arkansas boys basketball series, mirroring the gender-split structure SBLive already runs in Mississippi. Anyone can cast a ballot in the on-page widget without registering first.

• Arkansas Times Best of Arkansas

  Arkansas Times' statewide readers-choice awards, now in its fourth decade after a 30th year in 2025, voted at vote.arktimes.com with results and history archived at arktimes.com/best-of-arkansas. The 2026 ballot leans heavily food and restaurant, with entertainment, arts, and a catch-all "Best of the Rest" category.

• ArkansasOnline Best of the Best

  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's ArkansasOnline runs Best of the Best, the state's largest daily paper's annual readers-choice program, voted at bestofthebest.arkansasonline.com with a companion hub at arkansasonline.com/bestof2025/. The 2026 edition is confirmed open, and categories span both businesses and individual people.

• Aroostook County Athlete of the Week

  The weekly Aroostook County Athlete of the Week fan vote from Big Country 96.9 (Townsquare Media, Presque Isle), sponsored by Northern Maine Community College, drawing nominees only from Aroostook County schools across Fall, Winter, and Spring.

• Asbury Park Press High School Athlete of the Week

  The Asbury Park Press (app.com) weekly fan vote for the top prep athlete across Monmouth and Ocean counties — any sport, any season. Sponsored by Larson Ford, hosted on app.com and syndicated to Yahoo Sports, and closes Monday at 10 p.m. Eastern.

• Asbury Park Press Readers' Choice

  Asbury Park Press runs its own Gannett-platform readers' choice ballot at app.com, covering Monmouth and Ocean Counties. It sits alongside, but is not the same program as, the YourChoiceAwards-branded Ocean County Community's Choice Awards that APP also co-sponsors, and Regional Media's unrelated Best of Jersey Shore Contest.

• Aspen Times Best of Aspen Snowmass Basalt

  Aspen Times Best of Aspen Snowmass Basalt is The Aspen Times' readers'-choice ballot for Aspen, Snowmass and Basalt, Colorado, run at aspentimes.com. Five editions are confirmed, 2022 through 2026. For the 2023 cycle the page's own wording reads "VOTING IS COMPLETE" with winners announced December 1; no category roster and no per-voter rule are published for any cycle, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Athens Community's Choice Awards

  LocaliQ's Athens Community's Choice Awards, run through the Athens Banner-Herald at yourchoiceawards.com/athens, covering roughly 150 categories across a two-stage process: public nomination first, then a separate community-voting round, with results printed in the local newspaper once each annual cycle closes.

• Atlanta Magazine Cutest Pets Contest

  Atlanta, Georgia is home to the Cutest Pets Contest, run by Atlanta Magazine directly on its own website rather than through a shared voting platform. Atlanta Magazine has confirmed exactly two editions of this contest, one in 2025 and another in 2026, and the 2025 round put its nomination window in June, with standout pets promised a spot in that month's print issue. Unlike Atlanta Magazine's own Best of Atlanta business ballot, this one asks for nothing more than a pet's photo and a supporter's click. Exact open and close dates, any daily vote limit, and what follows once a round ends stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Austin American-Statesman Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote poll at statesman.com recognizing the top Austin-metro high school athlete each UIL sports week. One vote per device per hour — no account required. Organized by the Austin American-Statesman (Hearst Communications), covering Travis, Williamson, Hays, and Bastrop counties. Poll typically closes Thursday or Friday, not Monday like the SI regional polls.

• AWLA Calendar Contest (Animal Welfare League of Arlington)

  The page for the AWLA Calendar Contest currently reads "Contest has ended," with the resulting 2026 calendars on sale, so what's confirmed right now is the shape of the program rather than an open vote. The Animal Welfare League of Arlington runs it through GoGo Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/awlarlington, where every vote is a donation to the league. The most recently completed cycle ran October 20-31, 2025 and raised $52,230. Archived editions place confirmed runnings in 2025 and 2026; the exact opening date for the next window isn't printed there. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• AY Magazine's Cutest Pet Contest

  AY's Cutest Pet Contest, run directly by AY Magazine at aymag.com with no separate voting platform involved, covers Arkansas at large; the confirmed page names no single city. One confirmed edition exists, 2025, with the entry window landing somewhere between March and May. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. Nothing on aymag.com sorts entries by species or age, and nothing spells out how many times one supporter may cast a vote; confirm both details the same way before promising a household anything specific.

• AY's Best of Arkansas

  AY Magazine's (AY About You) statewide readers-choice awards, covering categories such as medical professionals, restaurants, florists, legal services, and wellness. Arkansans nominate businesses each January, then vote for five finalists per category at aymag.com from February 24 through March 24, drawing from a small-business base the magazine puts at 280,000-plus.

• AY's Best Realtors

  AY Magazine's profession-specific readers-choice vote for Arkansas real estate professionals, run as a sub-contest inside the AY's Best awards ecosystem. Nominations open at aymag.com/nominate-ays-best-realtors-2025/, and the exact voting window and finalist structure should be confirmed on that page each cycle.

• BAGI Parade of Homes People's Choice

  BAGI's Parade of Homes includes a confirmed People's Choice Award, where the touring public votes for a favorite entered home alongside whatever judged categories the event runs that cycle. Separate, parallel Parade of Homes-style programs operate through other Illinois Home Builders Association chapters in Chicago-area suburbs, run independently of BAGI's own program and rules.

• Baltimore Style Readers' Choice

  Baltimore Style runs its own Readers' Choice awards online at bestof.baltimorestyle.com, confirmed live for the 2026 cycle. It's the city's third masthead-branded readers-choice ballot alongside Baltimore Magazine's and The Baltimore Sun's programs, with its category list and calendar not yet public.

• Baltimore Sun's Best

  The Baltimore Sun's annual readers'-choice ballot spanning 200+ local business categories across the Baltimore metro area, decided by a single online vote rather than a separate nomination round.

• Baltimore's Child Readers' Choice Awards

  Baltimore's Child, a Baltimore-metro parenting magazine, runs an annual Readers' Choice Awards program spanning family-service categories such as pediatricians, dentists, schools, camps, toy stores, and playgrounds. Nominations open online each cycle and are announced most visibly on the magazine's Instagram, with no separate ballot URL confirmed.

• Bark for a Cure! Pet Costume Photo Contest

  Scleroderma Foundation of California's Southern California Chapter built Bark for a Cure! Pet Costume Photo Contest as a paid-entry, paid-vote fundraiser, and GoGo Photo Contest hosts it at gogophotocontest.com/barkforacure. Five edition years are confirmed, 2021 through 2025, and recurrence data points to a 2026 return. Entry closes November 1 and voting ends November 6 at 6 p.m. Pacific, at $25 per entry and $1 per vote. Neither a category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Baton Rouge High School Athlete of the Week

  The Advocate's weekly fan vote for standout prep athletes across the Baton Rouge metro, covering all LHSAA-sanctioned sports year-round. Closes noon Thursday — a sharper window than most Louisiana weekly polls — with the winner featured on The Advocate High School Sports Facebook page.

• Bayou's Best Community's Choice Awards

  Houma Today / Daily Comet readers-choice business awards for Louisiana's Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/houma/ across 150+ categories with gold, silver, and bronze winners published annually.

• Beaverton's Best

  Beaverton's Best has a single prior edition behind it, 2026, and a 2027 edition confirmed to open January 22 and run through March 17, still ahead as of this page rather than already underway. Beaverton, Oregon's own readers'-choice ballot is organized by the Beaverton Valley Times and hosted at beaverton.secondstreetapp.com on Second Street, folding nominating and voting into a single combined ballot. The ballot page lists no category roster and no per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Bee's Best: Modesto Bee Softball Player of the Year

  The Modesto Bee's own "Bee's Best" softball award, distinct from the Fresno Bee's weekly multi-sport version. Coaches nominate using MaxPreps stats, then the public votes. The 2026 poll is confirmed active and closes June 24, 2026, covering the Central Valley and Sac-Joaquin Section.

• Bend Bulletin Athletes of the Week

  One regional paper, one weekly ballot: the Bend Bulletin's boy-plus-girl athlete vote at bendbulletin.com/sports, covering Deschutes County high schools through the OSAA season. Free, public, no account, run by EO Media Group.

• Bend Magazine Readers' Choice Awards

  Bend Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards is Central Oregon's annual reader-vote program, run online at bendmagazine.com/vote/ across four categories, dining, nightlife, shopping, and adventure, the last one a nod to the outdoor-recreation economy that sets Bend apart from most other city best-of ballots in the state.

• Bergen & Morris Top Dentists

  Two Health & Life Magazines rankings, Bergen Top Dentists and Morris Top Dentists, cover dentists across Bergen and Morris counties through a combined peer-and-reader process at healthandlifemags.com. The 2026 cycle is confirmed; exact dentist counts and publish dates aren't public beyond that.

• Best Burgers in Southwest Michigan

  WKFR-FM and sibling station WBCK (95.3 The Ticket) run the same Southwest Michigan burger vote every September. The confirmed 2021 cycle split into an eight-day nomination window and a two-week voting window, drawing nearly 3,000 votes. The current cycle's exact dates aren't confirmed anywhere on either station's site; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best Burgers Kalamazoo

  Best Burgers Kalamazoo is WKFR-FM's annual burger vote, syndicated to sibling Townsquare Media station WRKR (107.7 The Rocker), covering Kalamazoo County. The 2022 edition ran the full month of September. Beyond that confirmed window, neither station spells out fixed categories or a per-fan voting limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either.

• Best in Central Texas

  Killeen Daily Herald's annual readers' choice ballot for Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Temple, Belton, Salado, Kempner, Lampasas, Gatesville, and Nolanville, run at bestincentraltexas.com and open to every local business sector.

• Best in Destin

  Destin, Florida's Best in Destin runs on Second Street at vipdestin.secondstreetapp.com, organized by VIP Destin Magazine. Two confirmed editions are logged, 2024 and 2025; the 2024 round nominated businesses October 9 through 26 and voted November 13 through December 3. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best in Jax

  Jacksonville Magazine's annual reader-voted awards across 100+ categories in dining, entertainment, shopping, and culture, with winners printed in the May issue.

• Best in Kentucky

  Annual statewide readers-choice awards from Kentucky Living magazine (Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives), with open nominations followed by public voting each May at KentuckyLiving.com.

• Best in Ohio Business Awards

  Ohio Business Magazine's statewide Best in Ohio Business Awards, spanning roughly 80 categories across Ohio's business sectors, run through online reader nomination followed by a public vote at ohiobusinessmag.com/best-in-ohio-business/, with no fixed dates or vote cap published yet for the current cycle.

• Best in the PNW

  The Seattle Times' annual Best in the PNW readers-choice awards at votethepnw.com, spanning 298 categories across Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and Everett. The 2025 cycle logged 944,000 votes, an 84% jump over the prior year, and the 2026 ballot is active now.

• Best in the Tri-State

  Annual Herald-Dispatch readers-choice awards for the Huntington, West Virginia Tri-State area (WV/KY/OH), with online-or-paper ballots, a once-per-day vote limit, and a required-categories rule to qualify.

• Best in the Valley

  The Charleston Gazette-Mail's annual Best in the Valley readers-choice program, voted at wvgazettemail.com/site/best_in_the_valley.html by picking a county first and only then seeing that county's categories. The 2025 voting window closed September 12, with results printed in a dedicated Gazette-Mail special section.

• Best in the World

  Tulsa World's annual readers-choice awards covering 14 sections and 150+ categories across Oklahoma businesses, services, and people. Nominate, then vote at tulsaworld.com/contests/best-in-world; the 2025 cycle drew 164,068 total votes before a September awards event.

• Best in Town (Tyler Morning Telegraph)

  Tyler, Texas's Best in Town ballot answers to Tyler Morning Telegraph alone, run on Second Street at tylermorningtelegraph.secondstreetapp.com, apart from six other big-market Texas ballots covered on this site. Eight straight annual editions are confirmed, 2019 through 2026, and the most recent combined nomination-and-voting window opened May 26 and closed July 27, 2026. Past that window, no category roster and no vote cap are published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle once a new one opens.

• Best of 225

  Best of 225 is a Louisiana readers'-choice program run by 225 Magazine for residents of the Baton Rouge 225 area code. The confirmed web address is titled "Best of 225 FAQ," but it functions as the program's own rules page rather than a help desk. Write-in nominations ran January 2 through January 31, 2026, ahead of a separate voting round that opens later in February. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of 417

  417 Magazine's annual Best of 417 readers-choice program serves Springfield, Missouri and the surrounding 417-land region. Nominees are compiled first, then the public votes at 417mag.com/best-of-417/readers-choice/, and editors' own input factors into the final result alongside that reader tally rather than deciding it as a pure vote count.

• Best of 425

  425 Magazine's Eastside readers' awards, a nominate-then-vote ballot across restaurant, arts, and retail categories covering Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Sammamish, Bothell, and Woodinville.

• Best of Alabama

  GuideToAlabama.com's statewide readers-choice awards: nominate, then vote daily by category. Alabama Magazine runs a rival statewide program, so category fit and the live ballot matter more than the name alone.

• Best of Alaska

  Annual Anchorage Daily News readers-choice awards covering statewide Alaska businesses, with open nominations and public community voting at adnbestofalaska.com.

• Best of Alaska Business

  Alaska Business Magazine's annual B2B reader survey at akbizmag.com, a March vote across 40+ trade categories with winners toasted each summer at Anchorage Brewing Co. — separate from Anchorage Daily News's consumer Best of Alaska ballot.

• Best of Annapolis

  What's Up? Media's Best of Annapolis readers-choice ballot for Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, voted online each January-February at bestofannapolis.whatsupmag.com across 245 categories, with the 2026 cycle logging more than 45,000 votes and confirmed winners.

• Best of Arkansas

  Arkansas Times' statewide Best of Arkansas readers-choice program, covering Little Rock and the rest of the state across more than 100 categories. The public casts votes at vote.arktimes.com, and the alt-weekly's own hub, arktimes.com/best-of-arkansas, carries program background rather than a live ballot count.

• Best of Arlington

  Annual Arlington Magazine readers-choice survey for Arlington, Virginia businesses, with 70+ categories, summer public voting, and winners published in the magazine's January/February issue.

• Best of Ashburn (Ashburn Magazine)

  Ashburn Magazine runs Best of Ashburn, a Virginia readers'-choice business ballot with three confirmed editions on the page: 2020, 2023, and 2024. Voting is conducted online each February. Past that, the page publishes no category roster, no vote cap, and no date for a fourth edition; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Atlanta

  Atlanta Magazine's annual Best of Atlanta readers-choice awards, with the 2025 finalist ballot hosted on a dedicated contest.vote address rather than atlantamagazine.com itself; confirm the current year's exact ballot link, categories, and dates directly on Atlanta Magazine's site each cycle.

• Best of Atlanta

  Creative Loafing ATL's annual Atlanta readers-choice awards, run at creativeloafing.com/bestofatlanta, posted 2025 winners online; the category list, vote totals, and exact nomination dates aren't publicly detailed beyond that annual cycle.

• Best of Auburn

  Auburn, Washington shoppers can vote right now in Best of Auburn 2026, the Auburn Reporter's readers'-choice ballot hosted on Second Street at auburnreporter2.secondstreetapp.com. The 2026 window opened August 21 and stays open through October 3, the third confirmed edition after 2024 and 2025. Nothing published names a ballot roster or sets a per-supporter voting limit; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Augusta

  Augusta Magazine's annual Best of Augusta readers-choice awards, voted directly at augustamagazine.com rather than through a separate platform. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active; the category list, vote cap, and exact close date are not published anywhere checked for this guide, so confirm them on the site each cycle.

• Best of Austin Readers Poll

  Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin Readers Poll ran its 35th annual edition in 2025, moving from open nomination to a finalist ballot voted once per day by email, drawing 33,055 voters who cast 423,142 votes across roughly 175 winner categories split into eight sections.

• Best of B2B (Omaha Magazine)

  Omaha Magazine's Best of B2B is a separate annual readers-choice program from the consumer-facing Best of Omaha, with business owners doing the voting at omahamagazine.com/best-of-b2b/, a Dec 31 close date, and a run of 17-plus years behind the 2025 winners now being announced.

• Best of Baltimore

  Baltimore Magazine's annual readers' poll across dozens of dining, services, and lifestyle categories, with online nomination and voting rounds and winners printed in a dedicated issue.

• Best of Bama Awards

  Alabama Magazine's statewide Best of Bama Awards runs an open reader vote across roughly 80 categories at alabama-magazine.com/vote-for-best-of-bama, covering businesses in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and beyond. Nominations move into a public voting round each cycle, and winners are featured in the magazine's print issue rather than a live leaderboard.

• Best of Baton Rouge

  The Advocate's Best of Baton Rouge is a public online readers-choice program spanning 200+ categories across 11 business sectors. The confirmed 2025 cycle drew 106,000 voters casting 236,000 votes for 3,500+ competing businesses over an 18-day window, producing 627 winners.

• Best of Bergen Community's Choice Awards

  Bergen Record's county-level readers-choice program, run through the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/bergen/, taking Bergen County businesses through a nomination stage and multiple voting rounds rather than a single statewide ballot.

• Best of Berks (Berks County Living Magazine)

  Best of Berks is Berks County Living Magazine's online reader-vote program at berkscountyliving.com/best-of-berks/, covering Reading and the wider Berks County across four confirmed categories, food & drink, shopping, beauty, and nonprofit, the last one an unusual addition for a consumer readers-choice ballot.

• Best of Billings

  Billings Gazette's annual Best of Billings readers-choice awards, run on Lee Enterprises' SecondStreet ballot at billingsgazette.secondstreetapp.com, with the contest confirmed live at billingsgazette.com/contests/best-of-billings/ for 2025, a separate program from Community Votes Billings.

• Best of Boston

  The Best of Boston Readers' Poll is Boston Magazine's annual public reader vote for Greater Boston businesses, running since 1979 with one vote per email address per category.

• Best of Boston (Boston Magazine)

  Boston Magazine's Best of Boston Readers' Poll voted 30 categories in 2025, decided the cocktail-bar race by a 10.69% margin, and runs alongside a separate roughly-250-winner editors' list, with a 2026 soiree already planned for the next round of results.

• Best of Boulder (Boulder Weekly)

  Boulder Weekly, a Colorado newspaper, runs Best of Boulder directly on its own site at boulderweekly.com/special-editions/best-of-boulder/, with no separate voting-network platform involved. Five editions are confirmed, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025 and 2026, with nothing published for 2020 through 2023 in between. An August 4, 2026 update from the paper said voting was about to open; the exact opening and closing dates stay off that page, confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Bowling Green

  Bowling Green Daily News folds nominating and voting into one ballot, hosted by Second Street at bowlinggreendailynews3.secondstreetapp.com/2026-Best-of-Bg. Two dated cycles are now confirmed: Best of BG 2025-2 opened September 3 and closed October 24, 2025, and this year's ballot opened August 11 and closes October 1, 2026.

• Best of Bozeman (The BoZone)

  The BoZone's annual Best of Bozeman readers-choice poll runs at bozone.com alongside the paper's regular local events and arts coverage. Online voting opens July 1 and closes August 15 each year, and results are kept fully separate from Bozeman Magazine's own, competing Bozeman's Choice awards program.

• Best of Brooklyn

  Annual Schneps Media readers-choice awards for Brooklyn businesses, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public daily voting by email and category.

• Best of Business Awards (Vermont Business Magazine)

  Vermont Business Magazine's statewide Best of Business survey, open online from January 1 through March 1 across more than 100 B2B categories, drawing 75,000-plus votes at vermontbiz.squarespace.com/bob-awards-survey.

• Best of Butte & Beyond

  The Montana Standard's annual readers-choice awards for Butte-area businesses, run on Lee Enterprises' SecondStreet platform, readers nominate first, then a public online vote on the finalist ballot decides winners.

• Best of Canyon County

  Idaho Press's annual Best of Canyon County readers-choice program runs at idahopress.com/bestof/, a ballot built specifically for Canyon County businesses, from Nampa to Caldwell, and organizationally separate from Boise Weekly's Best of Boise (BOB) across the county line in Ada County.

• Best of Cape Cod

  Cape Cod LIFE Magazine's Best of Cape Cod is a write-in readers' awards program at capecodlife.com/best-of-cape-cod-2026, now in its 35th year as of 2026. Readers write in businesses across 60-plus categories; the 2025 cycle recorded 827 gold and silver winners from tens of thousands of write-in votes.

• Best of Carson City

  Nevada Appeal's annual Carson City readers-choice ballot, run in two stages, a spring nomination round then a summer public vote, with winners revealed at Casino Fandango.

• Best of Cedar Rapids (The Gazette)

  The Cedar Rapids Gazette's annual Best of Cedar Rapids readers-choice program at thegazette.com, run by the city's daily newspaper alongside two other local ballots, Cedar Rapids CommunityVotes and the Corridor Business Journal's Best of the Corridor, each with its own categories, calendar, and voting format.

• Best of Central California

  The Fresno Bee's annual Best of Central California readers-choice ballot, a nominate-then-vote awards program spanning 300+ categories that drew more than 1.2 million votes and named 713 winning businesses in its 2026 edition.

• Best of Central Kitsap

  Unlike Best of Western Washington, a broadcaster-run statewide poll, Best of Central Kitsap is Kitsap Daily News' own community ballot at kitsap.secondstreetapp.com, built for the Central Kitsap market in Washington state. Its confirmed history runs to just two cycles, 2025 and 2026, the latter opening June 15 and closing July 27, 2026. Category names and any per-voter limit stay off the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Central Valley Business

  The Business Journal's Best of Central Valley Business runs a reader-vote-only ballot at thebusinessjournal.com/bestofsurvey/, covering Fresno and the Central Valley, with its 12th annual 2025 edition drawing 160,000-plus votes across a September 1 to October 31 window.

• Best of Charleston

  Charleston City Paper's annual Best of Charleston readers-choice awards run voting at vote.charlestoncitypaper.com, separate from the paper's main site, with the current cycle anchored at charlestoncitypaper.com/best-of-charleston-2026. Neither a category list nor a vote cap has surfaced anywhere online; verify specifics on the live ballot page.

• Best of Charlottesville

  C-VILLE Weekly's annual Best of Charlottesville readers' poll, run at bestof.c-ville.com/2026 and confirmed active across both the 2025 and 2026 cycles, covering Charlottesville, Virginia and the surrounding Albemarle County market.

• Best of Chicago (Chicago Reader)

  The Chicago Reader runs Best of Chicago itself, no syndication network, no chain ownership. Every category is decided by reader ballots, and the 2025 cycle stays open through December 31.

• Best of Chowan County

  The Chowan Herald, Edenton's own newspaper, runs Best of Chowan County at thechowanherald.secondstreetapp.com, a combined nominate-and-vote ballot for local businesses. The confirmed 2026 window runs August 8 through September 13, with no earlier edition on file and no word yet on whether a second one follows. A category list and any vote cap are also unstated past that window; confirm all of it on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Cincinnati

  Cincinnati CityBeat's annual Best of Cincinnati readers-choice awards, confirmed into at least a 29th edition, run a nomination-to-finalist vote across six category groups at vote.citybeat.com, with the 2025 results cycle already published on the official CityBeat and Best of Cincinnati sites.

• Best of Claremore

  Sorting a real readers'-choice ballot from a newspaper's other quarterly giveaways matters in Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma, where the Claremore Daily Progress runs Best of Claremore 2026 on Second Street at claremoredailyprogress.secondstreetapp.com alongside separate cash sweepstakes. Five editions are confirmed, 2022 through 2026, and the 2026 round opens September 19 and runs through October 27. No category roster or vote limit is published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Clark County

  The Columbian's 18th annual Best of Clark County awards, a nominate-then-vote readers' poll spanning 100+ categories across Vancouver and Clark County, Washington.

• Best of Coastal Empire

  savannahnow's (Savannah Morning News) annual Best of Coastal Empire readers-choice awards, voted on a third-party YourChoiceAwards ballot at yourchoiceawards.com/savannah rather than on savannahnow.com itself; confirm the current year's categories, nomination window, and close date directly on the live ballot before planning any local campaign.

• Best of Coastal Mississippi

  Sun Herald's Gulf Coast readers-choice awards, a nominate-then-vote ballot across 260+ categories covering Biloxi, Gulfport, and Ocean Springs business life, at bestof.sunherald.com.

• Best of Coastal Virginia Magazine

  Coastal Virginia Magazine's (CoVa Mag) readers-choice survey for the Hampton Roads region, with the 2026 final round confirmed live at bestof.coastalvirginiamag.com. The category list, vote cap, and exact dates simply haven't surfaced anywhere public yet, so confirm each on the live site every cycle.

• Best of Cobb

  Cobb Life Magazine and the Marietta Daily Journal's countywide readers-choice ballot across 250+ categories, drew 500,000 votes in 2025, with results celebrated at Jim Miller Park in Marietta.

• Best of Columbia

  Columbia Metropolitan Magazine's annual Best of Columbia readers-choice awards run through a single confirmed ballot page, columbiametro.com/best-of-columbia-ballot/, active for the 2025 cycle. No public category list, vote cap, or close date has surfaced beyond that page; confirm specifics on the live site each cycle.

• Best of Columbia

  Free Times' annual Best of Columbia readers-choice awards run in two rounds, an open nomination stage followed by a final vote, across four confirmed categories, Food, Nightlife, Arts, and Services, at postandcourier.com/free-times/best_of_columbia/, with results published through the Post and Courier's Columbia coverage.

• Best of Columbus

  Columbus Monthly's annual Best of Columbus readers-choice poll, now in at least its 44th year, runs at columbusmonthly.com across three groups, Food & Drink, Out & About, and People, during April and May, with results held back until the magazine's July print issue.

• Best of Connecticut

  Annual Connecticut Magazine statewide readers-choice awards, with public reader voting across restaurant, lifestyle, and service categories.

• Best of Dallas Readers' Choice

  Dallas Observer's annual Best of Dallas Readers' Choice poll runs 100-plus categories as a public online vote with daily voting allowed per person, drawing roughly 18,000 voters in the 2025 cycle across the Dallas market, reachable through the paper's own homepage rather than one fixed poll URL.

• Best of Davis County

  Standard-Examiner and the Davis Chamber of Commerce's annual readers-choice awards for Davis County, Utah businesses, with spring online voting and Gold-medallion winners announced at a Standard-Examiner celebration.

• Best of Delaware

  Delaware Today Magazine's statewide readers-choice ballot spanning 240+ consumer and business categories, run in two rounds each year and capped off by the Best of Delaware Party at Chase Center in Wilmington.

• Best of Denton

  Nominations, finalist voting, and winner selection for Best of Denton run each year between April and July, organized by the Denton Record-Chronicle at dentonrc.com/bestofdenton. Three editions are confirmed so far, 2023, 2025, and 2026. Exact day-level dates are not printed, nor is a ballot category roster or a vote cap; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Denver

  Westword's annual Best of Denver readers-choice poll reaches its 43rd edition in 2026, with online voting at westword.com/best-of-denver-readers-choice-poll. The alt-weekly has run the program since the early 1980s, though Westword hasn't published this cycle's specific category list, ballot format, or vote cap.

• Best of Des Moines (Business Record)

  The Des Moines Business Record's annual open reader survey across 75 B2B categories, from Best Bank to Best Company to Work For, with one straight ballot and no separate nomination round.

• Best of Des Moines (CITYVIEW)

  CITYVIEW's annual Des Moines readers-choice awards, run as a fill-in-the-blank write-in ballot at best.dmcityview.com rather than a dropdown of pre-loaded nominees, with no pay-to-play component tying placement to advertising spend. Voting runs September 1 through November 30 each year, and the 2026 cycle is confirmed active on the organizer's site.

• Best of Des Moines (YourChoice Awards)

  YourChoiceAwards, a Gannett-affiliated readers-choice program, invites the Des Moines metro to nominate and then vote for local businesses at yourchoiceawards.com/desmoines/. Winners are honored at an awards gala and published in print, a mechanic that sets it apart from the metro's other readers-choice ballots.

• Best of East Hawaii

  Hawaii Tribune-Herald's Hilo and East Big Island readers' ballot, run at hawaiitribune-herald.com, where voting at least 10 categories (not just one) is what actually qualifies a voter for the $500 cash drawing.

• Best of East Texas

  Eight confirmed editions, 2019 through 2026, back Best of East Texas at longviewnewsjournal.secondstreetapp.com, organized by the Longview News-Journal for Longview, Texas and the surrounding region. The most recent ballot combined nominating and voting into one window, February 10 through April 7, 2026, since closed. Past that window, no category roster or vote cap is published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of El Paso

  Best of El Paso, run by El Paso Inc., is an app-based public-vote program covering hundreds of categories citywide, narrowing each to a top five before winners are published in a print magazine and a free companion app rather than on a live website leaderboard.

• Best of Elkhart County

  The Elkhart Truth's annual reader-choice ballot for Elkhart County, Indiana, running nominate-then-vote across categories like best hamburgers, best auto repair, and best grocery, with a $100 gift-card incentive for the 2026 cycle.

• Best of Elko County

  Elko Daily Free Press's annual Readers' Choice ballot for Elko County, Nevada — nominate, then vote on a published ballot, with 94,862 votes cast in 2025 and results revealed at Ruby View Golf Course.

• Best of Enid

  Enid, Oklahoma's Best of Enid ballot runs through the Enid News and Eagle at enidnewsandeagle.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions back it, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 round folded nominating and voting into a single window, June 1 through August 2. Past that closed window, only the live page itself settles which categories ran or how a supporter's vote was limited.

• Best of Eugene

  Eugene Weekly's annual Best of Eugene reader poll, running online at vote.eugeneweekly.com across more than 100 categories spanning the city's restaurants, shops, arts, and civic life. Results are decided by direct public voting, distinct from CommunityVotes' separate Eugene Community's Choice Awards program run in the same city.

• Best of Florida Awards

  Guide to Florida's Best of Florida Awards run as a statewide, multi-region readers' program across roughly 100-plus categories, grouped by area including Miami, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Pensacola, Sarasota, and Southwest Florida, with confirmed year-round voting and a cycle-refreshed URL, guidetoflorida.com/best-of/v for 2025 and guidetoflorida.com/best-of for 2026.

• Best of Forsyth

  Forsyth County News' annual nominate-then-vote readers-choice ballot spanning roughly 292 categories, with the 2026 edition drawing nearly 288,000 votes and results searchable at bestofforsythawards.com.

• Best of Fort Worth

  Fort Worth Magazine's annual readers-choice ballot at fwtx.com, run alongside a separate Editor Picks tally, spanning shopping, food and drink, beauty, wellness, home and garden, nightlife, people, and culture.

• Best of Fort Worth (Weekly)

  Fort Worth Weekly's annual readers' poll at fwweekly.com, hundreds of categories grouped under five sections, with a one-week voting close each September.

• Best of Frederick

  The Frederick News-Post's Best of Frederick runs three rounds each year, nomination, a Round 1 vote, then a Final 5 vote, across hundreds of categories covering Frederick County. Six-figure vote totals are typical, and the program has run on a confirmed recurring annual schedule.

• Best of Georgia

  Georgia Business Journal's annual Best of Georgia readers-choice awards, voted once per day per person at gbj.com/best-of/vote across the whole state rather than one metro or county; the 2026 ballot is open now, though categories and a close date aren't something the publisher has put in writing yet.

• Best of Grand Island

  The Grand Island Independent's readers'-choice ballot for Hall County and central Nebraska, where completing the vote enters a reader in a $500 Visa gift card drawing, on the same platform other Nebraska Lee papers use.

• Best of Greater Idaho Falls

  Sandhill Media's nominate-then-vote readers'/listeners' choice program for the Idaho Falls metro, spanning 250 categories across six radio stations, with results independently audited each year.

• Best of Gwinnett

  Guide to Gwinnett's annual Best of Gwinnett readers-choice awards for Gwinnett County businesses, an Atlanta suburb, voted directly at guidetogwinnett.com/best-of; category list, vote cap, close date, and results archive are not published in the confirmed record, so verify specifics on the live site each cycle.

• Best of Hall

  Gainesville, Georgia's Best of Hall is a Second Street ballot hosted at gainesvilletimes.secondstreetapp.com, organized by the Gainesville Times for Hall County. Confirmed editions run 2017 through 2026, including the current Best of Hall 2027 ballot, whose window opens October 1 and closes November 30, 2026. A category breakdown and a per-voter vote cap are not published beyond that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either detail.

• Best of Hartford

  Hartford Courant's reader-voted Best of Hartford awards, a SecondStreet-platform ballot covering dining, auto, and services across the capital region, run as an annual program with active 2025 and 2026 cycles.

• Best of Havasu

  River City Newspapers runs Best of Havasu at havasunews.secondstreetapp.com, an independent ballot for Lake Havasu City, Arizona, unlike four of its Arizona siblings that answer to the CommunityVotes network instead. Four confirmed editions back the program, 2023 through 2026, with the most recent window running June 15 through August 1, 2026, now closed. The organizer keeps the category count and the per-voter rule off the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Hawaii

  A statewide magazine ballot with four separate island lanes (Oahu, Maui, Big Island, Kauai) rather than one popularity contest.

• Best of Haywood

  The Mountaineer runs Best of Haywood at themountaineer.com/best-of-haywood, based in Waynesville, North Carolina. Five editions are confirmed, 2022 through 2026. For 2026, nominations opened February 11 and voting opened March 11, with the winners edition printed in The Mountaineer newspaper on April 29. Day-level dates for the 2027 cycle, along with any vote cap, are not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Helena

  The Helena Independent Record's (Lee Enterprises) readers-choice awards for Helena, Montana businesses, with a confirmed 2024 cycle on helenair.com and 2025-2026 assumed to continue the same annual pattern Lee runs at its Billings, Missoula, and Butte papers.

• Best of Honolulu

  HONOLULU Magazine's 2026 Best of Honolulu program at honolulumagazine.com, spanning 90+ lifestyle categories and 43 family categories from katsu to neighborhood barbershops, with an April 16 awards reception marking that year's results.

• Best of Honolulu Family

  HONOLULU Magazine's family-focused readers' awards, voted on their own page at honolulumagazine.com/vote-now-best-of-honolulu-family/, run separately from the magazine's main Best of Honolulu ballot.

• Best of Houston

  Houston Press's annual reader-choice ballot spanning 99 categories across the Houston metro, run online with results tallied through the alt-weekly's editorial team and a dedicated [email protected] contact for entrant questions.

• Best of Hudson Valley

  Hudson Valley Magazine's annual readers-choice ballot spanning Dutchess, Ulster, Putnam, Orange, and Rockland counties, covering Food/Drink, Nightlife, Beauty/Health, Shopping, Arts/Culture, and Fun/Leisure categories through a nomination-then-final-ballot structure.

• Best of Huntsville

  Huntsville Business Journal's readers-choice ballot for the Rocket City. More than 118,000 votes landed in the 2025 cycle across retail, food, arts, and services, run through a nominate-then-vote system on a separate platform domain, eventhuntsville.com, from the publisher's own site.

• Best of Indiana

  Indiana Connection's statewide Best of Indiana readers' ballot, run through the Electric Consumer / Indiana Connection network and voted online at indianaconnection.org, reaching rural electric-cooperative households across the state.

• Best of Jackson Hole

  Buckrail's 15-year readers-choice ballot for the Jackson Hole valley — a nominate-then-vote contest that pulled roughly 90,000 votes and over 7,000 nominations in 2025, with results published in a free Locals' Guidebook.

• Best of Jersey Shore Contest

  Regional Media's annual Jersey Shore readers-choice awards, running nominations across roughly 230 categories before daily public voting on finalists at bestofjerseyshore.com.

• Best of Johnson County

  The Johnson County Post's open readers-choice ballot, spanning 200+ categories with a $500 voter incentive drawing, covering Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, and Lenexa on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro.

• Best of Juneau

  Elite Insights' annual Juneau readers-choice awards, voted per business at bestofjuneau.org across Entertainment, General Services, Food & Beverage, and Shopping, with winners published each year in an Issuu magazine.

• Best of KC

  Kansas City Magazine's annual Best of KC readers-choice ballot, a nominate-then-vote survey across 300+ categories with 200,000+ submissions and votes recorded in 2026, no pay-to-play.

• Best of KC (Kansas City Magazine)

  Kansas City Magazine's annual Best of KC readers-choice program, with nominations typically opening around January and a public community vote running near March, including a category set specific to Johnson County, Kansas alongside the magazine's broader metro-wide ballot.

• Best of Kearney

  Kearney Hub's own readers'-choice ballot for Kearney and Buffalo County, promoted directly by local businesses through the Hub's site and social channels rather than a shared regional poll.

• Best of Kent

  Where does a Best of Kent supporter actually vote? At kentreporter2.secondstreetapp.com, where Kent, Washington's community newspaper the Kent Reporter runs a single combined nomination and voting ballot. Three confirmed editions stand behind the program, 2024 through 2026, with the current cycle open August 21 through October 3, 2026. Which categories exist and how many times a supporter may return are both left for the live listing to answer; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Kokomo

  Kokomo, in north-central Indiana, is home to 2026 Best of Kokomo, a readers'-choice ballot the Kokomo Tribune runs on Second Street at kokomotribune2.secondstreetapp.com. Three editions are confirmed, 2024 through 2026, with the 2026 round opening September 30 and running through December 14. Neither a named ballot roster nor a per-supporter voting limit shows up anywhere in that listing; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Lake Oswego & West Linn

  Lake Oswego Review runs Best of Lake Oswego & West Linn, a joint business-awards ballot spanning both Clackamas County cities at once, at communitynewspapers-lakeoswego.secondstreetapp.com, unlike the single-city ballots most other Oregon papers run. One confirmed edition backs this ballot, its window November 1, 2025 through January 6, 2026, since closed. Past that window, Lake Oswego Review keeps its category structure and its voting ceiling, if any, off the printed page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Lancaster (Lancaster County Magazine)

  Lancaster County Magazine's Best of Lancaster is an annual online readers' survey at lancastercountymag.com/best-of-lancaster, with winners published in the magazine's November-December issue rather than a live results page or per-business vote count, and no published hourly vote cap the way Pittsburgh's Best of the 'Burgh runs.

• Best of Las Vegas

  The Las Vegas Review-Journal's readers-choice program at votebolv.com, spanning 500+ categories across the Las Vegas metro. One vote per person per category, promoted through print, digital, and outdoor advertising, with 2022-2023 voting reaching roughly 9.8 to 9.9 million votes.

• Best of Lawrence

  The Lawrence Journal-World / Sunflower Publishing readers-choice awards, a nominate-then-vote ballot that drew 89,000+ nominations and 369,000+ votes in 2025, with winners printed in a standalone Best of Lawrence magazine.

• Best of Lexington KY

  Best of Lexington KY's annual spring readers-choice vote at bestoflexingtonkentucky.com, spanning professional categories such as dentist, doctor, lawyer, and realtor alongside an equestrian boarding category tied to the Bluegrass region's horse farms. A separate program, Chevy Chaser Magazine's "Best of Lex," published its own results in April 2025.

• Best of Lodi

  The Lodi News-Sentinel's Best of Lodi readers' poll, run at lodinews.com for the San Joaquin County wine-country city, with 100% public participation and no selection committee narrowing the field before voters decide who wins each category. 2026 voting is confirmed running.

• Best of Louisville

  Louisville Magazine's annual readers-choice vote for Louisville-metro businesses and personalities — 35th edition in 2025 — running an open nomination round followed by public voting on a broad, multi-category ballot at loumag.secondstreetapp.com.

• Best of Madison

  Madison Magazine's 45th annual Best of Madison, a two-round readers' poll across 158 categories run through Channel3000/WISC-TV, with public nominations in February and finalist voting June 1-30.

• Best of Magic Valley Readers' Choice

  Annual Times-News readers-choice awards for Twin Falls and the Magic Valley, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting hosted on the Second Street platform.

• Best of Maine

  Down East Magazine's statewide readers' poll, now in its 16th-plus year, narrowing open write-in nominations to five finalists per category before a public vote at vote.downeast.com decides restaurants, lodging, artisans, attractions, and markets across the state.

• Best of Mankato

  Mankato Free Press's annual Best of Mankato readers-choice awards for the Mankato metro and South Central Minnesota, run at mankatofreepress.com/best-of/, with nomination and voting details confirmed only on the live page each cycle.

• Best of Marin

  Pacific Sun's Best of Marin runs a direct reader ballot across 100+ categories for Marin County businesses at pacificsun.com/best-of-ballot/, covering towns from Sausalito to Novato. No fixed vote cap or close date is published; confirm current timing on the live site.

• Best of Maui

  Maui News' all-Maui-only digital ballot, back in 2025 after a six-year hiatus, covering businesses, restaurants, organizations, individuals, and places across the island.

• Best of Miami Readers' Poll

  Miami New Times' annual Best of Miami Readers' Poll, an open online vote across roughly 150 categories capped at one vote per category per day, cast on a numbered survey ballot separate from the magazine's own informational page, with winners published in the June 26, 2025 print issue.

• Best of Middle Georgia

  An annual Middle Georgia readers-choice awards program run at its own address, bestofmiddlegeorgia.com, independent of Macon Magazine despite covering the same region. Category lists, entry counts, and exact voting dates aren't published in the confirmed record, so check the live site each cycle before planning a campaign.

• Best of Milwaukee — Readers' Choice

  Milwaukee Magazine's annual Readers' Choice survey, a single-round online vote across 50+ categories in food, shopping, services, and community, with winners printed in the September issue.

• Best of Mississippi

  Mississippi Magazine's annual statewide Best of Mississippi readers-choice awards, run at mismag.com across more than 100 categories, with a November 15 through December 15 nomination window followed by a separate public voting stage from January 15 through February 15 each year.

• Best of Missoula

  Missoulian's (Lee Enterprises) annual Best of Missoula readers-choice awards, run at missoulian.com. A Facebook post confirmed 2025 nominations were open, and results tie to the paper's Sunday edition. It's a separate program from Community Votes Missoula. Exact dates, categories, and the voting platform aren't published; confirm them on the live site each cycle.

• Best of Mitchell

  Annual Mitchell Daily Republic readers-choice awards for Mitchell, South Dakota businesses, published on the Forum Communications "Best of the Midwest" ballot platform with public reader voting each spring.

• Best of Mobile Bay

  Mobile Bay Magazine's annual Best of Mobile Bay readers' feature covers businesses across Mobile and the Eastern Shore at mobilebaymag.com. Confirmed facts are limited to the organizer, the annual cadence, and the Mobile-area focus; the category list and voting mechanics should be confirmed on the site each cycle.

• Best of Monroe County Community's Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards' readers-choice business awards for Monroe County, Michigan, at yourchoiceawards.com/monroecounty/. The confirmed 2026 cycle ran a Nomination Round May 1-22 and a Voting Round July 7-21, already closed as of this record. It runs on the same YourChoiceAwards platform as Detroit and Lansing's own Michigan editions.

• Best of Morgantown

  Morgantown Magazine's annual Best of Morgantown readers-choice program, now in its 15th year for the 2026 cycle, covering the WVU-adjacent Morgantown, West Virginia market at morgantownmag.com. Results are confirmed for the magazine's Spring 2026 issue. Nomination windows, categories, and any vote cap are unpublished; confirm on the live site each cycle.

• Best of Mount Pleasant

  Mount Pleasant Magazine runs Best of Mount Pleasant, a South Carolina readers'-choice ballot at mountpleasantmagazine.com, kept separate from statewide or other city-specific "best of" polls in the state. One confirmed edition backs it, its voting deadline fixed at midnight on October 15, 2026. The magazine's own coverage extends past Mount Pleasant itself to include Awendaw. Confirm both a full category roster and any vote cap on the live ballot each cycle, since neither one is printed on the page as it stands today.

• Best of Mount Washington Valley

  Conway Daily Sun's annual reader vote for Mount Washington Valley, 130 categories spanning ski resorts, restaurants, shops, and lodging across North Conway, Jackson, Bartlett, and Fryeburg.

• Best of Naperville

  Naperville Magazine's reader poll across roughly 60 local categories, built on email-verified nominate-then-vote rounds and now in its 17th year.

• Best of Nevada

  Annual Nevada Magazine readers-choice survey covering statewide Nevada casinos, resorts, restaurants, and tourism categories, published by Travel Nevada, the state's official tourism office.

• Best of New Haven

  Hartford Courant's reader poll for the New Haven metro, a SecondStreet-platform ballot run separately from Best of Hartford and confirmed through the publisher's own social video rather than a dedicated results page.

• Best of New Jersey

  NJBIZ's statewide Reader Rankings, a two-stage nominate-then-vote business awards ballot covering finance, real estate, education, retail, health care, and law.

• Best of New Orleans

  Gambit's annual, entirely reader-driven poll for the New Orleans metro, published through NOLA Media Group at nola.com, spans 100+ categories plus a separate Northshore section. Gambit states plainly that its own staff doesn't pick winners and doesn't sell placement anywhere on the list.

• Best of Newport County (Newport Life Magazine)

  Newport Life Magazine runs Best of Newport County, a readers'-choice awards program covering Newport County, Rhode Island, at newportlifemagazine.com/nlm-best-of-newport-county/. The magazine's own page confirms two editions, 2025 and 2026, and states that the 2026 awards' nomination period had already closed, with the voting period set to begin in September. A published note on the same page adds that a tie during nominations can push a single category past its usual five nominees. A complete category roster and any per-voter limit stay unpublished beyond that; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of NGA

  Best of NGA runs a North Georgia regional readers' choice program across roughly 50-plus categories, culminating in a public vote banquet event rather than an online-only reveal. Full nomination windows, vote caps, and exact dates aren't published in the confirmed record; check bestofnga.com directly each cycle before building a campaign around it.

• Best of NH

  New Hampshire has at least nine competing readers-choice ballots; Best of NH is the only one that covers all eight regions in a single 200+ category vote.

• Best of NH

  New Hampshire Magazine's Best of NH readers-choice program has run since 2000 under Yankee Publishing. The 2025 ballot opened January 12, closed March 12, and pulled more than 97,000 votes across confirmed categories like dentist, restaurant, salon, gym, realtor, contractor, martial arts, and photographer.

• Best of NKY

  NKY Magazine's readers-choice ballot for Boone, Kenton, Campbell, and Grant counties, 194 categories deep, running on the SecondStreet voting platform with nominations in January and public voting in spring.

• Best of NOCO

  NOCO Style Magazine's annual Best of NOCO readers-choice program serves Northern Colorado, with public voting at nocostyle.com/best-of-noco and results published every December issue. The magazine hasn't confirmed a category list, voting window, or vote cap for this cycle, so the live ballot page is the only current authority.

• Best of North Carolina

  Annual statewide community-voted business awards run by GuideToNC.com, covering 20+ industry sections across three recognition tiers, with public nomination and voting each cycle.

• Best of North Idaho

  Coeur d'Alene Press's annual Best of North Idaho readers-choice program runs on the Second Street platform at cdapress.secondstreetapp.com/Best-of-North-Idaho-2026, covering Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and Sandpoint, a North Idaho market the paper treats as separate from Boise's statewide coverage. The confirmed 2026 cycle got underway January 11.

• Best of North Kitsap

  For readers across the North Kitsap market in Washington state, Kitsap Daily News runs one business ballot on Second Street, Best of North Kitsap, at kitsap.secondstreetapp.com. Two cycles make up its confirmed history, an edition in 2025 and the 2026 run that opened June 15 and closed July 27, 2026. Categories and a per-voter rule are not printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of North State Community's Choice Awards

  Redding, California's own daily newspaper runs the Best of North State Community's Choice Awards at redding.gannettcontests.com on the SecondStreet platform. Four editions are confirmed so far, 2023 through 2026, with the 2026 ballot combining nominations and voting on one page from July 9 through October 1, 2026. Past that window, the paper's own live ballot is what actually settles any category list or vote cap, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Best of Northeast Arkansas

  Jonesboro Media Group's annual readers-choice business awards for Northeast Arkansas, spanning 215 categories with public voting at vote.bestofnea.com after a nomination round.

• Best of Northern Michigan

  YourChoiceAwards Northern MI's annual readers-choice program at yourchoiceawards.com/northmi, spanning more than 120 categories and recognizing 360-plus businesses across Petoskey, Traverse City, and the wider Northern Lower Peninsula, with the live site as the only confirmed source for each cycle's exact dates and category list.

• Best of Northern Nevada

  Reno News & Review's Best of Northern Nevada covers Reno, Sparks, and the surrounding region across 224 categories, voted at vote.renonr.com. The 2025 cycle drew 111,060 votes and published August 29, making it one of the largest confirmed readers-choice ballots in Nevada.

• Best of Northern Utah

  The Standard-Examiner's Best of Northern Utah readers-choice program at bestofnorthernutah.com, covering Ogden and the wider Weber County market, run separately from the Standard-Examiner's own Best of Davis County, with 2026 results published June 24, and no separately confirmed nomination window, category list, or vote cap on the public record.

• Best of NoVA Readers Poll

  Northern Virginia Magazine's annual readers poll at northernvirginiamag.com/best-of-nova-readers-poll/, confirmed active for both the 2025 and 2026 cycles, covering the shared Arlington, Fairfax, Alexandria, Loudoun, and Prince William readership as one regional ballot rather than the county-level programs Arlington Magazine and InsideNoVa each run separately nearby.

• Best of NWA

  The NWA Democrat-Gazette's Northwest Arkansas readers-choice contest, voted daily at votebestnwa.com with program details at bestnwa.com, across 11 sections from Agriculture to Things to Do. The November 2024 cycle was billed as the contest's largest-ever, with winners published annually in a magazine.

• Best of OC

  Orange Coast Magazine's Best of OC readers-choice program has run since 1974, pairing a public reader vote with editors' picks at orangecoast.com, and now includes Best of OC Legal, a confirmed sub-vertical whose 2026 edition covering legal professionals has already published.

• Best of Ocean City

  Annual OceanCity.com readers-choice awards for Ocean City, Maryland businesses, run across dozens of polls in restaurants, things-to-do, bars, and boardwalk categories with combined website and Facebook voting.

• Best of Ohio

  Ohio Magazine's Best of Ohio runs as a statewide write-in ballot across roughly fifty categories, with a ballot only counting once at least twenty-five blanks are filled in. There's no click-to-select list; voters type each business name by hand, and no vote cap or exact calendar is publicly confirmed.

• Best of OKC

  Annual Oklahoma Gazette readers-choice awards for Oklahoma City metro businesses, running since 1985 with open public reader voting and no pay-to-play placement.

• Best of OKC (Oklahoma Gazette)

  Oklahoma Gazette's readers' poll for Oklahoma City metro businesses is the oldest such poll running in the metro, dating back to 1985, over 40 years of continuous voting. It keeps a laser-local category structure, sells no placement, and runs entirely at community.okgazette.com/oklahoma/BestOf, with results the Gazette states are 100% reader-determined.

• Best of Omaha

  Omaha Magazine's annual Best of Omaha readers-choice poll, run since 1992 at omahamagazine.com/vote, uses a blank ballot: voters write in their own picks rather than choosing from a preset list, and the site allows one vote per verified email to curb stuffing, with 2026 winners now being announced.

• Best of Orange County

  The Orange County Register's Best of Orange County readers-choice awards span more than 200 categories across the county's cities, run through separate online nomination and voting rounds, with the 2026 cycle confirmed active in May and the program's public presence currently centered on its Facebook page rather than a dedicated voting microsite.

• Best of Orlando

  Orlando Weekly's Best of Orlando Readers' Choice Poll runs roughly 350 categories through a single continuous online vote at vote.orlandoweekly.com. The 2026 window ran June 3 through July 15, with winners revealed in the alt-weekly's August print issue rather than a live leaderboard; confirm the exact dates each year.

• Best of Oxford

  Oxford Eagle and Oxford Magazine's readers-choice ballot at hereoxford.com, a nominate-then-runoff contest across 200+ categories for a college town built around Ole Miss.

• Best of Panola County (The Panolian)

  Batesville, Mississippi's Best of Panola County ballot is put on by The Panolian newspaper on Second Street's platform at thepanolian2.secondstreetapp.com. Three dated editions back it, 2023 through 2025, with the 2025 round running from July 23 through August 20. A category breakdown and any per-supporter voting rule stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Pearl River County

  Picayune, Mississippi is home to The Picayune Item, the weekly newspaper running Best of Pearl River County on Second Street at thepicayuneitem2.secondstreetapp.com. Second Street's listing shows two confirmed years, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 ballot combining nomination and voting from June 3 through August 20 before closing. A vote cap and eligibility rule are not printed anywhere on that page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Philly (Philadelphia Magazine)

  Philadelphia Magazine's annual Best of Philly awards, documented at phillymag.com/best-of-philly-faq/ as mostly editorial selection by the magazine's own writers and editors, covering the Philadelphia metro, with only a handful of categories actually opened to a public reader vote each cycle, and that reader-voted list changing year to year.

• Best of Phoenix

  Phoenix New Times' annual readers' poll across roughly 100 categories in Arts, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Shopping, Services, and Cannabis, with public online voting after an open nomination round.

• Best of Pigeon Forge

  Tennessee's Best of Pigeon Forge runs on the organizer's own site at pigeonforge.com/best-of, with eleven dated editions logged, 2016 through 2026. The 2026 calendar moves through a printed sequence: nominations May 1 through 15, voting June 1 through July 31, and winners announced in August. A per-supporter voting rule and any exact winners date beyond "August" aren't published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Portland

  Willamette Week's annual Best of Portland readers' poll, run at bop.wweek.com across 150+ categories from coffee and bars to arts and goods and services, with a nomination round feeding public voting that closes June 17 in the 2026 cycle, and a results issue publishing July 22.

• Best of Portland (Old Port)

  Portland Old Port's annual readers' poll, sponsored by Town & Country Federal Credit Union, running June nominations into a July public vote across 130+ categories, with winners named at an August gala at Portland House of Music.

• Best of Prince William

  InsideNoVA's annual Prince William County readers-choice awards, spanning 194 categories, with nomination followed by a full April public-voting window and winners printed in the June 26 newspaper edition.

• Best of Queens

  A Queens readers-choice awards program from Schneps Media / QNS with daily public voting across hundreds of local business categories.

• Best of Reno Community's Choice Awards

  Reno Gazette-Journal's Community's Choice Awards, a Gannett-hosted readers-choice ballot covering Reno and Northern Nevada across more than 150 business categories, voted through the shared Gannett contests platform rather than the paper's own news site.

• Best of Renton (Renton Reporter)

  The Renton Reporter publishes Best of Renton, a readers'-choice ballot for Renton, Washington, hosted on Second Street ballot software at rentonreporter2.secondstreetapp.com. Two editions have run so far, 2025 (open March 31 through May 31) and 2026 (open February 26 through May 1). Winners get an awards gala hosted by the Renton Chamber of Commerce. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Rhode Island

  Annual Rhode Island Monthly readers' poll covering statewide and regional business categories, with online public voting each March and winners celebrated at a summer gala.

• Best of RI (Rhode Island Monthly)

  Rhode Island Monthly's annual Best of RI readers' poll, now in its 33rd year for 2026, splits voting into statewide categories and regional sections such as South County and West Bay at rimonthly.com/vote/, with winners honored at a gala confirmed for July 23, 2026 at the WaterFire Arts Center.

• Best of Richmond

  Richmond Magazine's readers-choice awards program at richmondmagazine.com/best-of-richmond, confirmed active for the 2025 and 2026 cycles. Nobody has yet published a category list, voting window, or results venue for it, so this page states plainly what's known and what isn't.

• Best of Richmond Downtown

  Venture Richmond's annual Best of Downtown readers-choice program for Richmond, Virginia businesses, published as a news post at venturerichmond.com and confirmed active in 2025; the category list, vote cap, and dates aren't public, so check the live page each cycle.

• Best of River Valley

  Annual River Valley Democrat-Gazette readers-choice business awards across the Fort Smith / Russellville region, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting at votebestofrivervalley.com.

• Best of Roanoke

  The Roanoker Magazine's annual Best of Roanoke readers-choice awards, with contest details posted at theroanoker.com/best and voting handled on a separate address, vote.theroanoker.com. The 2026 cycle is confirmed active; category list, vote cap, and close date are not yet public and should be confirmed on the live site.

• Best of Rogue Valley Community Choice Awards

  Rogue Valley Times runs the 2026 CCA - Best of Rogue Valley, a combined nomination-and-voting ballot on Second Street at roguevalleytimes.secondstreetapp.com. Archived evidence puts the total at two editions, 2025 and 2026, and the current listing closed August 1 after opening June 1, 2026. Oregon is the only geography the organizer's own page ties to this ballot, no city or county appears on it. A category breakdown and any per-voter limit are unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Rusk County

  Henderson, Texas's own paper, The Henderson News, runs Best of Rusk County at thehendersonnews.secondstreetapp.com through the Second Street platform. Three confirmed editions cover 2024 through 2026, and the 2026 window closed August 24, 2026, after opening June 15. A next cycle is expected in 2027, though no date for it has been announced yet. Neither a category roster nor a per-voter limit has surfaced on any of the three editions so far, so treat thehendersonnews.secondstreetapp.com itself as the only source once a new window opens.

• Best of Sacramento

  Sacramento News & Review's Best of Sacramento pairs a readers' poll with editors' picks at bestofsac.com, a 25-plus-year tradition whose current post-COVID operating status is not confirmed in the public record available here.

• Best of San Antonio

  San Antonio Current's alt-weekly readers-choice awards, run across 150+ categories in two rounds: an open nomination phase, then a final vote among five finalists per category at vote.sacurrent.com, with the 2025 cycle closing June 23.

• Best of San Diego

  San Diego Magazine's annual Best of San Diego readers-choice ballot, a public vote spanning more than 200 categories across food, drink, health, and city life at bosdvote.sdmag.com.

• Best of San Diego & Best Restaurants

  San Diego Magazine's Best of San Diego and Best Restaurants ballot spans roughly 150 categories across food, beauty, home, and travel, with one vote per category per person, fraudulent votes removed, and separate nomination and voting rounds each year ahead of the magazine's live August celebration.

• Best of Santa Barbara

  The Santa Barbara Independent's Best of Santa Barbara readers' poll, voted at bestof.independent.com rather than the paper's main site, spans roughly 221 categories, an unusually wide spread for a single-city ballot, with nominations opening in June, voting running July through August, and results announced each October.

• Best of Santa Fe

  Santa Fe Reporter's annual readers' choice ballot, run across more than 100 categories at sfreporter.com and vote.sfreporter.com. The 2025 window ran April 15 to May 15, with the paper reporting thousands of nominations and votes and calling the results a sincere read on what Santa Feans love.

• Best of Sarasota

  Sarasota Magazine's annual reader vote across 109 categories spanning food, bars, shops, arts, and services, with results published in the dedicated Best of Sarasota issue.

• Best of Savannah

  Connect Savannah's annual readers' poll, run at connectsavannah.com/savannah/BestOf and opening every January. Connect Savannah is a Savannah alt-weekly, a separate operation from Savannah Magazine's own March Best of Savannah ballot. Category list, vote totals, and exact dates aren't public; confirm each on the live page.

• Best of Savannah

  Savannah Magazine's annual Best of Savannah readers-choice ballot, voted at savannahmagazine.com/best-of-savannah/vote each March; Savannah Magazine has not made public a category list, a vote cap, or exact open and close dates, so confirm each directly on the live site before building a campaign around it.

• Best of Savannah HOMES

  Savannah Magazine's annual Best of Savannah HOMES ballot runs separately from its general Best of Savannah readers-choice program, voted at savannahmagazine.com/best-of-homes. No category list, vote cap, or exact open and close dates have surfaced in anything public, so confirm each directly on the live site.

• Best of Sedona Kudos

  Best of Sedona Kudos is Prescott Daily Courier's readers'-choice ballot for the Sedona market, hosted on Second Street at dcourier.secondstreetapp.com. Second Street's own listing shows two years for this program, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 stretch running July 8 through August 8 before closing. No category name and no per-voter rule appear on that page past those dates; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Silicon Valley

  Metro Silicon Valley's Best of Silicon Valley is a write-in reader ballot at metrosiliconvalley.com, covering San Jose and the wider Silicon Valley region across more than 200 categories, food and dining, arts, services, nightlife, and cannabis, run by a longtime alt-weekly community institution.

• Best of SLC

  BestofSLC.com's independent Salt Lake City readers' awards run 100-plus categories through public nomination, held March 17 to April 2, 2026, then a public vote, described by the platform itself as community-driven rather than decided by a judges' panel, with no newspaper named anywhere as a partner or co-organizer.

• Best of Smith Mountain Lake

  Unlike the statewide BroadwayWorld theater awards also run in Virginia, Best of Smith Mountain Lake stays local: The Roanoke Times operates it on the Second Street polling platform at roanoke.secondstreetapp.com, covering the Smith Mountain Lake area near Roanoke rather than the whole state. Three rounds are confirmed, 2019 through 2021, the most recently documented one running August 1 through October 21 with a once-a-day vote limit across the categories the ballot listed. Nothing published points to a round after 2021; confirm on the live ballot each cycle before assuming this year's contest looks the same.

• Best of Snohomish County

  The Daily Herald's annual HeraldNet reader poll across every local business category, with winners published as "You voted" articles covering Everett, Marysville, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mukilteo, and Mountlake Terrace.

• Best of South Carolina Awards

  Guide to South Carolina runs the statewide Best of South Carolina Awards, a reader vote spanning roughly 100-plus categories at guidetosouthcarolina.com, with the 2026 ballot closing May 31 and every submitted vote subject to an editorial compliance review rather than an automatic count.

• Best of South Jersey

  South Jersey Magazine's online readers' poll covering Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, and Atlantic counties, with categories spanning local businesses including confirmed recognition such as Top Dentists.

• Best of South Kitsap

  South Kitsap, Washington's Best of South Kitsap runs at kitsap.secondstreetapp.com, organized by Kitsap Daily News. Two cycles are confirmed so far, an edition in 2025 and a 2026 run that opened June 15 and closed July 27, 2026, now finished. Past that closing date, no category list or per-voter rule appears on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Southern Iowa (Ottumwa Courier)

  Southern Iowa businesses compete each year in the Ottumwa Courier's Best of Southern Iowa ballot, hosted on Second Street at ottumwacourier.secondstreetapp.com. The program has run three times, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and the most recent window opened July 18 and closed August 8. The listing skips two specifics a nominee might expect - what categories exist, and any ceiling on how often one supporter can vote; confirm on the live ballot each cycle before the next round opens.

• Best of Southern Maryland

  Annual readers' choice awards from Southern Maryland Newspapers (somdnews.com, Lee Enterprises), spanning Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties across four sister newspaper brands with a nominate-then-vote ballot.

• Best of Southern Utah

  Annual Canyon Media readers-choice awards for Southern Utah businesses, covering St. George, Washington County, Cedar City, and Iron County, with public nomination and voting across roughly 250 subcategories.

• Best of Southwest Missouri

  A Springfield-area readers-choice ballot run at shopswmo.com, separate from 417 Magazine's own contest, covering more than 190 categories across Southwest Missouri businesses and services.

• Best of Springfield (Illinois Times)

  Illinois Times' annual Best of Springfield readers poll spans more than 200 categories, and Best Donut pulled the highest voter engagement of the 2025 cycle. Results ran in the paper's October 30 issue, closed out with an in-person results party rather than a quiet online leaderboard.

• Best of SRQ Local

  SRQ Magazine's readers-choice program for the Sarasota-Bradenton market, built on a fall nomination round and a 15-plus-category daily-vote requirement, with winners named in the April issue.

• Best of State Utah

  Best of State Utah's statewide awards program at bestofstate.org, combining public voting with judged review across businesses and nonprofits, with a 2026 winners category confirmed live. Distinct from regional Utah "best of" ballots that cover a single county rather than the whole state.

• Best of Stillwater (Stillwater News Press)

  Stillwater News Press runs Best of Stillwater for Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Second Street at stillwaternewspress2.secondstreetapp.com. Three editions are confirmed, 2022, 2024 and 2025; the only page held here is the archived 2024 round, closed July 14 with winners announced July 30. A category list and today's vote rules stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Story County Community's Choice Awards

  Ames Tribune runs the Best of Story County Community's Choice Awards, its readers'-choice business ballot for Story County, Iowa, hosted on Second Street at amestrib.gannettcontests.com. The confirmed history opens in 2023 and now spans four editions, the newest closing its voting window on August 18, 2026, after opening August 3. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. A Story County business weighing this ballot is working from four straight years of activity, not a single trial run.

• Best of Summit County

  Summit Daily News' annual readers-choice ballot for Colorado's I-70 resort corridor — nearly 200 categories across Breckenridge, Frisco, Silverthorne, Dillon, and Keystone, with results announced each October in Silverthorne.

• Best of SWLA

  Lake Charles American Press readers-choice awards spanning five Southwest Louisiana parishes, with public People's Choice voting at bestofswla.com.

• Best of Tallahassee

  Tallahassee Magazine's annual Best of Tallahassee readers-choice ballot, voted online across Food & Beverage, Services, Shopping, and Entertainment categories, with a year-stamped results page such as tallahasseemagazine.com/best-of-tallahassee-2025/.

• Best of Taos

  Taos News' annual readers'-choice poll across restaurants, services, retail, and arts categories, now past its 25th year, with 2025 setting a voting record at 2,559 voters.

• Best of Tennessee

  The Tennessee Magazine's statewide Best of Tennessee readers' program, entered online or by mail at tnmagazine.org/bot26/, with every entry counted toward an annual prize drawing. No category list, vote cap, or close date is published in the record used for this guide.

• Best of the 'Burg (Wickenburg Sun)

  Wickenburg, Arizona businesses compete each year in Best of the 'Burg, published by the Wickenburg Sun under River City Newspapers and hosted on Second Street at havasunews.secondstreetapp.com. Four editions have run so far, spanning 2023 to 2026, and the latest round opened July 13 and closed August 19. Two specifics stay off the page - the shape of its category lineup, and whether repeat voting from one supporter faces any limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle before the next round opens.

• Best of the 'Burgh

  Pittsburgh Magazine's readers-choice awards, set apart from other Pittsburgh best-of programs by one rule: an hourly per-category vote cap, on a pure online reader ballot.

• Best of the 'Burgh

  Pittsburgh Magazine's readers-choice ballot across 8 category groups, gated by an hourly per-category vote cap rather than a daily or one-time limit.

• Best of the 207

  Annual statewide readers-choice business awards run by NewsCenter Maine's "207" brand, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting across 250+ categories at bestofthe207.com.

• Best of the 405

  405 Magazine's annual reader-nomination-then-vote awards for the Oklahoma City metro, roughly 196 categories across Health & Beauty, Food & Drink, Entertainment, and Services, with the 2025 cycle logging 292,303 votes from 29,496 voters.

• Best of the Bay

  Creative Loafing Tampa's Best of the Bay readers-choice awards, covering the Tampa Bay metro through a roughly 150-category critics' picks list plus a separate open reader ballot spanning close to 500 more categories, voted at community.cltampa.com with no published vote cap or fixed close date confirmed for this cycle.

• Best of the Bay — Green Bay

  The Green Bay Press-Gazette's Community's Choice Awards, run on the Gannett-owned YourChoiceAwards platform across 150+ categories, with a nominate-then-vote ballot, an annual gala, and a print insert.

• Best of the Beach

  The Sun News and MyrtleBeachOnline.com's annual nominate-then-vote readers' poll for the Myrtle Beach area, backed by a six-figure marketing push and closing its 2026 ballot around June 19.

• Best of the Beehive

  Salt Lake Magazine's Best of the Beehive runs a two-step process for Salt Lake City businesses: public nominations first, then a reader vote, with winners published in the magazine's annual print and digital issue at saltlakemagazine.com rather than a running leaderboard.

• Best of the Best – Best of the Midwest

  Best of the Best – Best of the Midwest is an Upper Midwest readers-choice platform at bestofthemidwest.com that lists North Dakota businesses across multiple cities, Fargo, Bismarck, and Jamestown named specifically, on one shared ballot domain instead of a single-city page, with South Dakota communities also eligible under the same brand.

• Best of the Best (Duluth News Tribune)

  The Duluth News Tribune's annual regional readers-choice ballot at duluthnewstribune.com/dntbest. Best of the Best 2025 winners were confirmed, and the 2026 cycle runs nominations June 22-July 10, voting July 20-August 7, with results publishing September 11.

• Best of the Best (Fargo-Moorhead)

  InForum's annual Fargo-Moorhead metro readers-choice ballot, running nominations then public voting each fall across Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Clay County, Minnesota.

• Best of the Best (Grand Forks)

  The Grand Forks Herald's readers-choice ballot across 130+ categories spanning restaurants, retail, health care, and services, published by Forum Communications for the Grand Forks metro.

• Best of the Best (Jamestown Area)

  The Jamestown Sun's annual readers-choice ballot for Stutsman County and the surrounding Jamestown-area trade zone, now in its 17th year, with winners printed in the Best of the Midwest magazine insert distributed across Forum Communications papers.

• Best of the Best (Minot Daily News)

  The Minot Daily News's Best of the Best readers-choice ballot, run on the Ogden Newspapers promo portal with a nominate-then-vote structure and daily voting once the finalist round opens, now past two decades in the Minot, North Dakota market.

• Best of the Best (Russellville Courier)

  The Russellville Courier runs Best of the Best for Russellville, Arkansas, hosted on Second Street at russellvillecourier.secondstreetapp.com. Four editions are confirmed, 2023 through 2026, with the 2026 round open July 1 through August 26 and now closed. Best of the Best does not print a category list or a voting limit anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the Best (West Central Minnesota)

  West Central Tribune's annual readers-choice ballot for West Central Minnesota business categories, with nomination and a public July vote each year out of Willmar.

• Best of the Best Brainerd Lakes Area

  The Brainerd Dispatch's regional readers-choice ballot for the Brainerd Lakes Area, run as a two-week nomination round followed by a full month of public voting, with results held until October.

• Best of the Best Jackson

  Clarion-Ledger's Jackson metro readers-choice ballot, run on Gannett's USA Today Network voting platform, covering restaurants, services, health, and shopping across central Mississippi.

• Best of the Best Northwest Readers' Choice

  Seattle Medium's Best of the Best Northwest Readers' Choice awards run as an online public vote at bestofthebestnorthwest.com from June 1 through June 19, 2026, spanning five nominee tracks, businesses, nonprofits, educators, athletes, and cultural institutions, across Seattle and the wider Pacific Northwest region.

• Best of the Big O

  Omaha has two readers-choice polls, and this is the alt-weekly one: The Reader's Best of the Big O, voted at vote.thereader.com, capped by IP address and counted by an outside accounting firm.

• Best of the Bighorns

  Sheridan Press runs Best of the Bighorns, a readers'-choice business ballot hosted on Second Street at thesheridanpress.secondstreetapp.com. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2024 through 2026, and the 2026 round combined nominating and voting on one page, running July 15 through August 15, 2026, a window that has already closed for the year. A category roster and a per-voter limit are two things this page has yet to publish; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for both. Sheridan, Wyoming is the only market Sheridan Press names for the ballot, separate from the CommunityVotes, Casper Star-Tribune, and County 17 programs run elsewhere in the state.

• Best of the Boat

  Steamboat Pilot & Today's reader-vote awards for Steamboat Springs, a single 140+ category ballot with First, Second, Third, and Top-5 results published per category.

• Best of the Boro 2026

  Statesboro Herald, the newspaper covering Bulloch County, Georgia, runs Best of the Boro on the Second Street platform at statesboroherald.secondstreetapp.com. The 2026 ballot's voting window ran August 24-31, 2026, the ninth confirmed annual edition going back to 2018. The same organizer also runs a separate Discovering Bulloch readers-choice ballot on the same account earlier in the year. No category slate, vote cap, or 2027 opening date is published past the closed window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the Bronx

  Annual reader-choice awards programme run by Schneps Media through the Bronx Times, recognising the top local businesses and services across roughly 60 categories. Nominations open in January, public voting runs mid-April through late August with one vote per email per category per day, and winners are announced in mid-December.

• Best of the Burbs

  Milwaukee Magazine's suburban-focused readers' choice spin-off, run at a separate vote.milwaukeemag.com address from the citywide Best of Milwaukee ballot. It runs annually, and Milwaukee Magazine confirmed its 2026 Best of the Burbs Readers' Choice winners; the category list and exact voting window for the current cycle aren't published on this record.

• Best of the Capital Region

  The Albany Times Union runs Best of the Capital Region at timesunion.com/best, an online ballot spanning roughly 100 categories across Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and Saratoga. Vote caps and this cycle's exact close date should be confirmed on the live page, since neither is published beyond it.

• Best of the Corridor

  Corridor Business Journal's B2B and consumer readers-choice ballot spanning Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, now two decades running, with open public nomination and voting across 49-53 categories each summer.

• Best of the Desert AZ Community's Choice Awards

  Best of the Desert AZ Community's Choice Awards covers the East and West Phoenix Valley through the USA TODAY Network's Your Choice Awards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/phoenix. Two confirmed editions have run so far, 2025 and 2026; the 2026 cycle opened nominations December 10-31, 2025, moved the top five nominees per category into a public voting round February 11-25, 2026, and closed with winners announced May 15, 2026. A category roster and per-voter rules are not published beyond that; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the East Bay

  East Bay Express's readers' choice ballot for Oakland, Berkeley, and the wider East Bay, voted online at eastbayexpress.com/best-of-ballot/, capped each year by the alt-weekly's confirmed annual party and awards.

• Best of the Flathead

  The Daily Inter Lake's annual readers-choice awards for the Flathead Valley, spanning Kalispell, Whitefish, and the surrounding valley communities, with nominations followed by public online voting across dozens of categories on the dailyinterlake.secondstreetapp.com platform.

• Best of the Fox

  Kane County, Illinois's Kane County Chronicle runs Best of the Fox at kanecounty.secondstreetapp.com through the Second Street platform. Six confirmed editions run 2020 and 2022 through 2026. The most recent voting stage ran February 19 through March 16, 2026. None of the six confirmed years has come with a published category roster or a stated ceiling on votes, leaving kanecounty.secondstreetapp.com as the only place either question gets answered once a new stage opens.

• Best of the Gold Coast

  Moffly Media's reader-voted Best of the Gold Coast awards, spanning Greenwich, New Canaan-Darien, Stamford, and Westport Magazines across Fairfield County's coastal towns, with 2026 finals voting open through May 1, one vote per IP address strictly enforced, and winners revealed in the July/August print issue.

• Best of the Grand Prairie (Stuttgart Daily Leader)

  The Stuttgart Daily Leader runs Best of the Grand Prairie directly on its own site, stuttgartdailyleader.com, rather than handing the ballot to an outside platform. Four editions are confirmed, 2021, 2022, 2025, and 2026, with a documented Final Voting Phase that ran May 19 through June 8 in 2025. A category roster, a per-voter limit, and this cycle's exact voting window are not published on the archived page; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the Grand Strand

  WMBF News's annual Best of the Grand Strand readers-choice program, voted at wmbfnews.com/page/best-of-the-grand-strand/ and run separately from MyHorryNews's Myrtle Beach Herald Readers' Choice. No public category list, vote cap, or close date is confirmed; check the live page each cycle for current rules.

• Best of the Inland Northwest

  The Inlander's Best of the Inland Northwest is a pure write-in readers' poll covering Spokane and the Coeur d'Alene area, voted each February at bestof.inlander.com, now in its 33rd year, with winners announced March 25 and published in the paper's March 26 print issue.

• Best of the Lakes Region

  Laconia Daily Sun's annual nominate-then-vote readers-choice awards for the Lakes Region, 194 categories covering every local business type in Laconia, Meredith, Gilford, and Tilton.

• Best of the LC Valley

  Annual Lewiston Tribune / Inland 360 readers-choice awards for the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley, drawing roughly 8,000 reader nominations across 170 categories before an open public vote each spring.

• Best of the Lehigh Valley (Lehigh Valley Style)

  Lehigh Valley Style magazine's annual Best of the Lehigh Valley readers-choice poll, covering Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton across more than 100 categories in Food & Drink, Health & Self, Shopping & Services, and Fun & Games, with online voting January 12-February 8, 2026 and results in the July print edition.

• Best of the Mid-Valley Community's Choice Awards

  Annual Statesman Journal / Gannett readers-choice business awards for Salem and the Mid-Valley, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting across 150+ categories.

• Best of the Midwest

  Best of the Midwest is a regional readers-choice business program spanning Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa, operating under two domains, bestofthemidwest.com and bestofmidwest.com. Minnesota businesses are confirmed eligible. Categories, nomination steps, and the voting calendar are not published in the record used for this guide.

• Best of the Nest

  Source Weekly's Bend Nest publishes an annual readers' poll for Bend's best family and children's businesses, voted on at bendsource.com and published in the Bend Nest summer issue. Confirm current categories, nomination windows, and any vote limits directly on the live page each cycle before planning a campaign around a specific business type.

• Best of the North Bay

  North Bay Bohemian's Best of the North Bay readers-choice program covers Sonoma and Napa counties, run through a nomination round followed by finalist voting across 50 categories in arts, dining, and services, with results published at bohemian.com each year.

• Best of the North Shore (North Shore Magazine)

  North Shore Magazine's annual Best of the North Shore readers' poll covers Salem, Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport, published each year at nshoremag.com/bons/[year]/. The confirmed live page currently shows the 2026 results, meaning voting for that cycle has already closed.

• Best of the Ohio Valley

  The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register's annual readers'-choice ballot for the Upper Ohio Valley, run with sister paper Times Leader across 156+ local categories. The 2025 vote drew more than 275,000 ballots, with winners toasted each October at the White Palace.

• Best of the Pines (The Pilot)

  Since 2019, Southern Pines, North Carolina has kept one nominate-then-vote ballot running without a break, Best of the Pines, organized by The Pilot Promotions and built on the Second Street system at pilot.secondstreetapp.com. Eight editions carry that unbroken run forward, 2019 into 2026, and this year's cycle names go in from June 1 through 21 before the vote itself opens July 8 through 28. Once that stretch ends the page stops naming specifics, so anyone asking about categories or a supporter limit should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the Plateau

  Enumclaw, Washington's Best of the Plateau runs on the Second Street platform at enumclawcourierherald.secondstreetapp.com, organized by the Enumclaw Courier-Herald. The same organizer ran a differently named ballot, Best of Enumclaw, in 2025; Best of the Plateau is a new title, with one confirmed window so far, August 12 through October 8, 2026. This is the program's first confirmed edition under this name; no category list or vote cap has been published, and whether it returns next year is not yet stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the Quad Cities (Quad City Times)

  Quad City Times' confirmed readers-choice contest at qctimes.com/contests/best-of-the-quad-cities, covering the bistate Quad Cities metro on both the Iowa and Illinois banks of the Mississippi River, run under the paper's standard readers-choice ballot format.

• Best of the Region (NWI Times)

  Annual Northwest Indiana readers-choice business awards run by The Times of Northwest Indiana (nwi.com), with public nomination and daily online voting across hundreds of local business categories.

• Best of The River Parishes

  L'Observateur runs Best of The River Parishes, a Second Street reader ballot covering Louisiana's River Parishes region, at lobservateur2.secondstreetapp.com. The 2026 window is confirmed open June 3 through September 21, the program's first confirmed edition. Past that window, a category list or a per-voter limit is whatever the live ballot itself says, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Best of the River Region

  Montgomery Advertiser's annual readers'-choice program, part of Gannett's USA TODAY Network, recognizing 420+ River Region businesses a year across Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, and Wetumpka. Results print in the Advertiser itself; the ballot runs on Gannett's shared contest network at gannettcontests.com, with the 2024 cycle confirmed and 2025 active.

• Best of the Seacoast

  SeacoastOnline's annual New Hampshire readers-choice ballot, run on the Gannett-network YourChoiceAwards.com platform and capped at one vote per day, where completing 25 or more categories enters a supporter into a $500 gift-card drawing ahead of the 2025 winners gala, in what SeacoastOnline calls the state's most competitive local contest by volume.

• Best of the Springs

  The Colorado Springs Gazette's annual Best of the Springs readers-choice awards, voted at thebestofthesprings.com. The 2026 cycle has already closed, with winners set to appear in an annual print book instead of a live results page; the category list, vote cap, and 2027 dates aren't public yet.

• Best of the Teche

  The Daily Iberian, headquartered in New Iberia, Louisiana, runs Best of the Teche at thedailyiberian.secondstreetapp.com. Eight editions are confirmed on the platform archive, 2018 through 2026 with no 2019 edition on the list, and the 2026 combined nomination-and-voting window closed on July 26. Which categories businesses compete under, and how many votes a single supporter may cast, stays absent from that confirmed page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the Upper Cape

  OnCape Magazine's reader vote across consumer categories for Falmouth, Mashpee, Bourne, and Sandwich, distinct from the Cape-wide programs run by Cape Cod Life and the Cape Cod Times.

• Best of the Upstate Community's Choice Awards

  Greenville News / Greenville Online's annual readers' awards for the Upstate, run on the Gannett YourChoiceAwards platform across 180+ categories, with 540+ businesses recognized each year and an Awards Dinner closing the cycle.

• Best of the Valley

  Idaho Mountain Express's 17th annual readers' poll for Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey, and the Wood River Valley, run on SurveyMonkey across roughly 140 categories in six sections, closing every February.

• Best of the Valley

  PHOENIX magazine's long-running Greater Phoenix Valley readers' choice poll, 25 years old in 2025, with a two-category vote cap and local-business-only eligibility for winners.

• Best of the Valley

  Valley Advocate's annual reader vote for Pioneer Valley and Western Massachusetts businesses, spanning food, bars, arts, shops, services, and education categories across Northampton, Amherst, Holyoke, Chicopee, and Easthampton. Running more than three decades, with 2026 voting live now.

• Best of the Valley — Appleton, WI

  The Appleton Post-Crescent's Community's Choice Awards, voted online through the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/appleton, with results printed as a Post-Crescent insert. The 2025 cycle is confirmed; check the live page each year for exact categories and dates.

• Best of the Valley, PA Community's Choice Awards

  Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania hosts Best of the Valley, PA Community's Choice Awards, run by Gannett through a USA TODAY Network local paper at yourchoiceawards.com/beaver. Two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026, back a ballot covering the full category slate that moved through a February 6-27 nomination round and an April 15-29 voting round in 2026, with winners announced July 9. Anything past that structure is settled on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of the West

  West Suburban Living Magazine's annual reader-vote ballot across 80-plus categories covering DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will County's western Chicago suburbs, now past its 17th year in print and online.

• Best of the West (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)

  Annual Grand Junction Daily Sentinel readers-choice awards for the Western Slope, with a public vote across 162 categories in 8 category groups, a winners gala, and a print winners magazine.

• Best of the West (Yellow Scene Magazine)

  Boulder County, Colorado's Best of the West runs at yellowscene.com/best-of-the-west, published by Yellow Scene Magazine. Confirmed editions land in 2023, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 poll is confirmed open on the live page, a straight write-in ballot with no drop-down menus. The ballot page lists no category roster and no per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Thomasville

  Thomasville, Georgia's Best of Thomasville is the Thomasville Times-Enterprise's readers'-choice ballot, run on Second Street at thomasvilletimes-enterprise.secondstreetapp.com. The 2026 voting window is open now, August 12 through October 7, backed by confirmed editions in 2023, 2024 and 2026. A category list and vote cap are not published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Tucson

  Tucson Weekly's annual readers' poll, the metro's oldest and most comprehensive, spanning roughly 250+ categories with a mid-May through June 30 nomination round followed by public voting into late August.

• Best of Twin Cities

  Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's annual Best of Twin Cities readers-choice awards, with write-in nominations each November, voting each January at bestof.mspmag.com, and results ranked Gold, Silver, and Bronze in the magazine's May issue. The 2026 cycle logged more than 118,000 votes cast.

• Best of Twin Tiers Community's Choice Awards

  The Elmira Star-Gazette, a Gannett paper, runs Best of Twin Tiers Community's Choice Awards at yourchoiceawards.com/twintiers, covering the Elmira / Southern Tier region straddling the New York-Pennsylvania line. Category detail and this cycle's close date aren't published beyond that page.

• Best of Utah

  City Weekly's Best of Utah runs 464 awarded categories, split between reader-voted picks and staff selections, with the 2025 ballot going live August 31 at cityweekly.net/best-of-utah/, covering Salt Lake City and, per the organizer's own framing, the state more broadly.

• Best of Utah Valley

  The Daily Herald's Best of Utah Valley readers' choice program covering Provo, Orem, and the surrounding Utah County area, run through the hometownguru.com voting platform with 2025 voting confirmed active via the organizer's Facebook page.

• Best of Vail Valley

  Vail Daily's annual reader vote across 140+ categories spanning skiing, dining, and local services in the Vail Valley, with winners celebrated at the Vilar Performing Arts Center.

• Best of Valdosta

  The Valdosta Daily Times, the Valdosta, Georgia newspaper, runs Best of Valdosta on the Second Street platform at valdostadailytimes.secondstreetapp.com. One confirmed edition backs this ballot, its window December 16, 2025 through February 6, 2026, since closed. Category list and per-voter rule stay unpublished past that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Vegas

  Las Vegas Weekly's alt-weekly readers' choice ballot, covering more than 100 categories with online voting. 2026 voting runs April through May, and winners publish in Las Vegas Weekly's summer issue, distinct from the Las Vegas Review-Journal's much larger Best of Las Vegas program.

• Best of Verde Valley

  Best of Verde Valley is Prescott Daily Courier's readers'-choice ballot for the Verde Valley market, run through Second Street at dcourier.secondstreetapp.com. Two years are confirmed for this program, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 stretch closed August 8 after opening July 8. Nothing published behind that window names a category or sets a per-voter rule; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of Virginia

  Virginia Living Magazine's statewide reader-choice awards, split into five regional sub-ballots across 100+ categories, with winners announced each May.

• Best of Warren County (Corry Journal)

  Where does the Corry Journal's Best of Warren County ballot actually run? At corryjournal.secondstreetapp.com, hosted by the Corry Journal, a Pennsylvania newspaper based in Corry, for a ballot whose own title names Warren County as its coverage area. 2024 and 2025 are both confirmed editions on the platform, and the 2025 nomination-and-voting window ran July 7 through August 22, 2025. Which award categories the ballot judges, and any per-voter limit, both stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of West Hartford

  West Hartford Magazine's 11th annual readers' choice awards, voted via we-ha.com's dedicated Contest.vote ballot across 50+ categories, with winners announced at a Back Nine Tavern gala and later published in an Issuu winners book.

• Best of West Hawaii

  West Hawaii Today's annual Kona-Kohala readers' choice ballot, run at westhawaiitoday.com, with a nominate-then-vote structure and a $500 cash drawing open to voters.

• Best of West Virginia

  Best of West Virginia is New South Media's statewide readers-choice awards program, produced through WV Living Magazine and run on the Second Street platform at newsouthmedia.secondstreetapp.com. Four editions are confirmed, 2020, 2021, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 nomination stage set for July 14 through 28 and a finalist vote scheduled September 22 through October 13. Past that structure, a settled roster of categories and a limit on votes per supporter are not confirmed; both wait on whatever the live ballot states each cycle.

• Best of Westchester

  Westchester Magazine's annual reader-choice ballot, run by Moffly Media, spanning Kids/Pets, Home/Garden, Beauty/Wellness, Wedding, Shopping, and Food/Drink categories across the county, with a nomination round narrowing to finalists before public voting closes in March.

• Best of Western Washington

  Annual KING 5 Evening Magazine viewers' poll for Western Washington businesses, with a month-long October ballot and write-in categories across the Puget Sound region.

• Best of Whitefish

  Annual Whitefish Pilot readers-choice awards for Whitefish, Montana businesses, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public online voting through the SecondStreet platform.

• Best of Wichita

  The Wichita Eagle's annual readers-choice awards, a nominate-then-vote ballot spanning 248 categories, with 634,000+ votes cast in the 2025 edition and winners printed in a dedicated Eagle special section.

• Best of Wilsonville

  Wilsonville, Oregon, along Interstate 5 in Clackamas County, is the market for Best of Wilsonville, a Second Street ballot run by the Wilsonville Spokesman. The platform lists the current listing as "Best of Wilsonville 26," a combined nomination-and-vote window confirmed open July 13 through September 14, 2026. This is the program's first confirmed edition; no category list or vote cap has been published, and whether the ballot returns next year is not yet stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of WNT

  Nominations and voting for Best of WNT run September 1 through November 1, 2026, on whidbeynews-times.secondstreetapp.com. Whidbey Island's community newspaper, the Whidbey News-Times, folds both stages into one combined ballot rather than separating them. Two confirmed editions back the program, 2025 and 2026. Whether the ballot sorts entries into categories, or caps how often a supporter can return, is not published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best of WV

  WV Living Magazine's annual statewide readers-choice program, nominating West Virginia businesses by category from July 15 through July 30 at wvliving.com/best-of-west-virginia/, then voting among finalists in a separate round from September 23 through October 13, capped at one vote per day per category, with winners printed in the winter issue.

• Best of Wyoming

  Wyoming's only statewide readers-choice ballot: the Casper Star-Tribune runs it across 100+ categories, while Cheyenne, Laramie, and Gillette each have their own separate regional best-of contest.

• Best of Your Hometown Community's Choice Awards

  Best of Your Hometown Community's Choice Awards asks Anderson, South Carolina residents to name the businesses they already rely on, organized by the Anderson Independent Mail at independentmail.gannettcontests.com. Four editions are now confirmed, 2023 through 2026, and the 2026 window ran June 8 through June 23 before closing. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best Places to Work in Kentucky

  The Kentucky Chamber and KYSHRM's annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky program recognizes employers across three size categories, small, medium, and large, honoring winners at a ceremony that draws 1,000+ attendees. Amgen, CFSB, and Wehr Constructors were named 2025 winners; confirm current entry details each cycle directly at kychamber.com.

• Best Restaurants Readers' Poll

  Baltimore Magazine's restaurant-only reader poll, run separately from the magazine's own long-running Best of Baltimore ballot, confirmed active for 2026 at a dedicated promotions page on baltimoremagazine.com. Category rules, any vote cap, and the close date should be confirmed on the live page each cycle.

• Best Self Atlanta Best Of

  Best Self Atlanta runs an annual Best Of contest across roughly 80 categories in the Atlanta metro, using a two-stage process: reader nominations first, then public voting at bestselfatlanta.com/best-of-2026-contest/. It's a separate program from Atlanta Magazine's own Best of Atlanta ballot, despite the near-identical name.

• Best Summer Camps (Northern Virginia Magazine)

  Best Summer Camps, run by Northern Virginia Magazine at northernvirginiamag.com, asks Northern Virginia families to vote for their favorite camps. The confirmed 2026 poll closes Friday, August 29 at 11:59 p.m. Three confirmed years anchor this poll so far, 2021, 2022 and 2026. Exactly when the 2026 poll opened, which categories it sorts camps into, and any limit on repeat voting go unstated on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Best Things — Indianapolis Community's Choice Awards

  IndyStar's Community's Choice Awards for Indianapolis, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform across 140+ local business categories, with a nomination round, a finalist ballot, and winners honored at a gala.

• Best Town in Minnesota: Northfield (KDHL)

  Best Town in Minnesota is a statewide radio bracket run by KDHL, and this page tracks Northfield's entry at kdhlradio.com/vote-northfield-the-best-town-in-minnesota. Archived pages place the contest in 2019, then 2023 through 2026, and the station's own page states Northfield placed in the top 10 "the second year in a row." The current cycle's exact dates haven't been published; check the live site for them.

• Best Veterinarian in the Grand Valley (Mix 104.3)

  Best Veterinarian in the Grand Valley is Mix 104.3's (KMXY) fan-vote award for veterinary practices around Grand Junction, Colorado. Archived pages show the ballot live every September from 2020 through 2026, missing only 2022. The station's own page gives a Tuesday, September 22 close time from a past year without stating which one; exact dates, categories, and a vote cap all require checking the live mix1043fm.com ballot.

• Bethpage Best of Long Island

  Annual Long Island readers-choice awards run by FourLeaf Federal Credit Union with Schneps Media, covering about 14 macro-categories and hundreds of subcategories after nominations and public voting.

• Bham Now's Favorite Birmingham Food & Drink Vote

  Bham Now runs an annual Favorite Birmingham Food & Drink vote through a dedicated app rather than a standard web ballot. The 2025 cycle was confirmed active October 14, 2025 at bhamnow.com. It repeats every year; exact categories, a vote cap, and the close date aren't published, so check the live app each cycle.

• Big Cheese 107.9 Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest

  Wausau, Wisconsin's Big Cheese 107.9 runs the Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest at wbcv-fm.secondstreetapp.com, a Second Street photo-voting page for pets dressed up for Halloween. Two confirmed editions back it, 2024 and 2025, and the most recent window ran October 17 through October 31, 2025. Past that window, the station's own ballot page is what actually settles a category list or a vote limit, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Binghamton Community's Choice Awards

  The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, a Gannett paper, runs Binghamton Community's Choice Awards at yourchoiceawards.com/binghamton, an online ballot covering the Southern Tier. Category detail, vote caps, and this cycle's close date aren't published beyond that page.

• Birmingham Community Choice Awards

  Birmingham News, AL.com, and Gannett's YourChoiceAwards platform run the Birmingham Community Choice Awards, a readers-choice program voted at birmingham.communityvotes.com across Food & Drink, Retail, Services, and Health. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active; check the live page each year for the exact nomination window and close date.

• Birmingham Parade of Homes People's Choice

  Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders runs the annual Parade of Homes People's Choice award, with model homes open to public tours across two 2025 windows, April 25-27 and May 2-5, ahead of an awards ceremony where twelve builders win recognition each year.

• Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best

  Bismarck Tribune's Best of the Best readers-choice ballot runs on Lee Enterprises' bismarcktribune.secondstreetapp.com platform, a separate program from bismarck.communityvotes.com's CommunityVotes Bismarck. The 2025 nomination window closed June 25, confirmed on the Tribune's Facebook page, and a full winners PDF went up after the 2024 cycle.

• BLITZ Sports GA Football Player of the Week

  A weekly fan-vote poll from BLITZ Sports GA covering 13 counties of Northeast Georgia high school football, running continuously since 2009. It sits apart from the staff's own BLITZ Pick — one is an editor's call, the other is decided by whoever shows up to click.

• Bloomington Herald-Times Athlete of the Week

  The Bloomington Herald-Times' IU Health-presented weekly fan vote for South- Central Indiana's top high school performance. Anyone can vote as often as they like, and 2026 polls have drawn thousands of votes per week across softball, baseball, and track.

• Bluegrass Pug Rescue Calendar Contest

  Bluegrass Pug Rescue, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, runs the Bluegrass Pug Rescue Calendar Contest as a photo fundraiser through GoGo Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/bluegrasspugrescue-2023. Two editions are confirmed, 2023 and 2024, and the confirmed 2023 window has voting opening at 12:00 AM Eastern on Saturday, August 19, and closing at 9:00 PM Eastern on Sunday, September 3. Prizes tie straight to vote totals, with the 13 pugs pulling the most votes printed inside the calendar and the pug leading the whole field taking the cover. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Bogalusa Daily News Readers' Choice

  Bogalusa Daily News runs Readers' Choice 2026, a Louisiana readers'-choice business ballot, at bogalusadailynews2.secondstreetapp.com. The platform's archive confirms just one prior run, in 2025, ahead of the 2026 combined nomination-and-voting window that closed on August 20. The organizer's page names no city for this ballot, only the state; which categories apply and how often a supporter may vote stay off that page too. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Boise Area Parade of Homes

  BCA, the Building Contractors Association of Southwest Idaho, runs the annual Boise Area Parade of Homes at boiseparadeofhomes.com, where toured model homes compete for the public's favorite honor. Biltmore Co. enters as the three-time defending winner, having taken it with the same design, The Carmell, in Riverstone, from 2023 through 2025.

• Boise Favorites

  The Idaho Statesman newspaper's own Boise and Treasure Valley readers'-choice program at boisefavorites.com, run separately from the statewide Idaho's Best Awards, with local restaurateurs and other business owners known to chase the recognition hard every year, though the current category list and vote cap aren't part of the public record.

• Boise Weekly Best of Boise

  Idaho Press's annual Boise Weekly Best of Boise (BOB) poll at idahopress.com/boiseweekly/best_of_boise/ runs as a pure write-in ballot spanning restaurants, services, and nightlife, with no account or picklist standing between a voter and a typed-in business name, and results appear later as coverage on the paper's own site.

• Bonita Springs Community's Choice Awards

  Naples Daily News publishes the Bonita Springs Community's Choice Awards through Second Street, at naplesnews.gannettcontests.com. This is the program's fourth cycle, following 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the current window dated June 10 through June 25, 2026 on the platform's own listing. The ballot page lists no category roster and no per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• BOSS - Best of South Shore

  BOSS (Best of South Shore) is South Shore Home, Life & Style Magazine's reader nominate-then-vote awards program across 200+ categories, with winners revealed in the Summer print issue.

• Boston Globe Best of the Best

  Boston Globe Magazine's annual Best of the Best feature, journalist-selected with reader engagement rather than a public vote count. The 2026 edition spans 28 categories and 300+ choices, adds a new Cape Cod dining category, and publishes as a June 7, 2026 special edition at bostonglobe.com/magazine/boston-best.

• Boston.com Readers Say

  Boston.com's recurring reader-poll series for Greater Boston, running individually themed online polls rather than one annual multi-category ballot. The only confirmed 2026 instance is Best Cape Cod Town, voted directly at boston.com, separate from Boston Magazine's Best of Boston program.

• Bound Wisconsin Basketball Player of the Week

  Bound Wisconsin's statewide weekly fan vote covers boys and girls basketball on a single ballot — five nominees, one poll, Wednesday at 1 p.m. Central is the close. One vote per day per user. Winners are announced in a follow-up article.

• Bozeman's Choice

  Bozeman Magazine's annual Bozeman's Choice readers-choice awards for Bozeman, Montana businesses, run at bozemanmagazine.com, with the 2026 cycle confirmed through the magazine's "Let's Meet At the Top: Bozeman's Choice 2026" article published October 1, 2025 and voting open that same month, a separate ballot from Metroland Media's Community Votes Bozeman.

• BPT Readers Choice

  Bossier City, Louisiana's Bossier Press-Tribune runs BPT Readers Choice at bossierpress.com, unlike the metro-daily ballots that cover Baton Rouge or New Orleans on their own separate sites. The 2025 edition called itself the newspaper's 26th Annual Reader's Choice program and arrived as a print insert in the newspaper's April 2, 2025 edition. The current cycle's voting window is placed in September 2026 on the same page. A published list of categories and a fixed vote limit are missing beyond that point, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle before assuming either one exists yet.

• Brattleboro Reformer Readers' Choice

  The Brattleboro Reformer's annual public reader vote naming the best local businesses across Windham County and neighboring southern Vermont. One ballot, dozens of categories, results announced once a year.

• Brevard Community's Choice Awards

  FLORIDA TODAY runs the Brevard Community's Choice Awards, a readers'-choice ballot covering Brevard County, Florida, at floridatoday.gannettcontests.com. Four editions are now confirmed, 2023 through 2026, and the 2026 window ran May 11 through May 26 before closing. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards

  BroadwayWorld's annual Birmingham regional theater fan vote, held at broadwayworld.com/birmingham/awards/, with 2025 nominations and voting confirmed live and James & the Giant Peach reported leading Best Musical as of December 2025.

• BroadwayWorld Central Virginia Awards

  BroadwayWorld's annual Central Virginia theater fan vote, hosted at broadwayworld.com/norfolk/awards/ under the platform's Norfolk market segment despite the Central Virginia name, with the 2025 cycle's winners published in January 2026.

• BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards

  BroadwayWorld's annual regional theater fan vote for the Louisville area, cast at broadwayworld.com/louisville/voteregion.cfm. GREASE led Best Musical in 2025, with Woodford Theatre and Ramsey Theatre Company at SKYPAC topping that year's results across the ballot.

• BroadwayWorld Memphis Awards

  BroadwayWorld's annual Memphis theater fan-vote awards, run at broadwayworld.com/memphis as a ballot distinct from BroadwayWorld's Nashville edition and from any statewide Tennessee program. The nomination window, category list, and vote cap aren't published for this specific edition, so the live Memphis page is the source to check each cycle.

• BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards

  BroadwayWorld's annual Nashville theater fan-vote awards, with nominations closing October 31 and public voting running through December 31 at broadwayworld.com/nashville. The category list and any per-voter limit aren't published in what's publicly available, so the live BroadwayWorld Nashville page is the source to check each cycle.

• BroadwayWorld NOVA Awards

  BroadwayWorld's annual Northern Virginia theater fan vote, hosted at broadwayworld.com/novaregion/awards/ as the platform's Regional Awards series, with categories, nominees, and dates unpublished here; confirm the current cycle directly on the live page.

• BroadwayWorld South Carolina Awards

  BroadwayWorld's annual South Carolina theater fan-vote awards, run as one statewide ballot at broadwayworld.com/south-carolina/ with no separate Charleston edition. The category list, exact dates, and any vote cap aren't published for this edition, so the live BroadwayWorld South Carolina page is the source to check each cycle.

• BroadwayWorld Washington D.C. Awards

  BroadwayWorld's theater-only fan vote for the Washington, D.C. region, hosted at broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/awards/. Nominations run by write-in rather than a fixed ballot, opening in December, with winners announced in January 2026.

• Bucks County & Chester County Readers' Choice

  Community's Choice Awards runs the Bucks County suburban newspapers' readers' choice ballot online at yourchoiceawards.com/buckscounty/, with Chester County's suburban papers named as part of the same coverage area. The confirmed live page to check, cast a vote, or verify a nomination is the Bucks County edition itself.

• Bucks County Community's Choice Awards

  PhillyBurbs.com, the Bucks County Courier Times' Gannett-owned news site, runs the Community's Choice Awards Showcase online ballot at phillyburbs.gannettcontests.com. Four confirmed editions have run, 2023 through 2026, with the 2026 edition's ballot window closing February 28, 2026. Past that date, the ballot's category list and any per-voter limit are what actually settle further specifics, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Buffalo CARES Animal Rescue Calendar Contest

  Buffalo CARES Animal Rescue runs the Buffalo CARES Animal Rescue Calendar Contest as a photo fundraiser for its Kenmore, New York shelter, hosted through GoGo Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/buffalocares. Two editions are confirmed, 2022 and 2023, with the confirmed 2022 cycle automatically ending at 8:00 PM Eastern on Friday, September 30. The rescue frames the contest as a search for 12 photos of pets to fill its fundraising calendar, and the 12 photos pulling the most votes become that cycle's winners. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Buffalo News Prep Talk Girls Athlete of the Week

  The Buffalo News Prep Talk fan vote for the best female high school athletic performance of the week in Western New York. Coaches nominate by Sunday, readers vote on the Buffalo News site through Thursday at noon, and the weekly winner feeds into an annual Girls Athlete of the Year recognition.

• Bulletin's Best

  Las Cruces, New Mexico's own paper, the Las Cruces Bulletin, runs Bulletin's Best on the Second Street platform at lascrucesbulletin.secondstreetapp.com. Confirmed editions run 2021 through 2026, and the 2027 cycle's nomination-and-voting window is confirmed open August 10 through October 12, 2026. None of the confirmed editions spells out how many categories exist or how often one person may vote, so lascrucesbulletin.secondstreetapp.com stays the only place a business can settle either question once nominations close.

• C Spire Conerly Trophy Fan Vote

  Mississippi's top college football player gets picked two ways: a media panel and the public. The C Spire Conerly Trophy fan vote, run at csopavoting.com by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, holds a fixed 10% share of that final score. Nominees come from all nine in-state programs, Ole Miss and Millsaps on the same ballot.

• Caledonian-Record Athlete of the Week

  The bi-state weekly fan poll run by The Caledonian-Record (St. Johnsbury, Vermont) covering Northeast Kingdom Vermont schools and New Hampshire North Country schools. Separate boys and girls ballots run every week of the season, free and open to the public, at caledonianrecord.com.

• California High School Baseball Player of the Week

  High School on SI (SBLive) runs two separate California prep baseball fan votes: a statewide poll covering all 1,700 CIF programs that closes Saturday 11:59 p.m. PT, and a Southern California playoff-specific poll that runs concurrently through the CIF Southern Section postseason. Both are unlimited manual votes with no account required.

• California High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote watchlist award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/california, recognising the top CIF spring-season baseball player across NorCal and SoCal. Free to vote, no account needed, editorial final selection.

• California High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI (SBLive) statewide fan vote for the top California boys basketball performance of the week. Editors at si.com set a field of roughly 20 nominees, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same deadline that drives CIF postseason weeks into overnight surges.

• California High School Football Player of the Week

  Statewide football-only fan poll published weekly by High School on SI (SBLive) at si.com, drawing 26–34 nominees from every CIF section across California. Eimesse Essis of Tustin won the Oct 17–19 week. Unlimited manual votes; automated scripts prohibited. Closes Monday 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• California High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best California girls basketball performance of the week. Twenty nominees drawn from every CIF section, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a tighter window than the football polls.

• California High School Player of the Year

  Annual sport-specific statewide award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/california. Fan-vote watchlists cover boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball, football, and more across all CIF sections — NorCal and SoCal. Editorial staff name the final award; fan voting shapes the watchlist spotlight.

• California High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI (SBLive) runs a statewide fan vote for the best California prep softball performance each week. Editors pick 10 nominees from across all CIF sections — NorCal and SoCal combined — and anyone can vote with no account. The ballot closes Saturday at 11:59 p.m. PT.

• California High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote watchlist award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/california, recognising the top CIF spring-season girls softball player across NorCal and SoCal. Free to vote, no account needed, editorial final selection.

• Call & Times Community Choice

  Call & Times Community Choice is an RI Media Group ballot on the Second Street platform at westerlysun.secondstreetapp.com, the host confirmed for Westerly, Rhode Island. Three editions are confirmed, 2024 through 2026, with the current window running July 18 through September 14. RI Media Group also runs two other named ballots on the identical web address, Reader's Choice 2026 and SRI / IND Readers' Choice 2026, each with its own separate result.

• Cap City's Best

  Cap City News's annual Cheyenne readers'-choice ballot, branded this cycle as Cap City's Best: Readers' Choice 2026 at capcity.news/best/, built on the same page format County 17 runs in Gillette, and run under a separate organizer from the Wyoming Tribune Eagle's own Cheyenne ballot.

• Cape Cod Community Choice Awards

  Gannett's YourChoiceAwards program for Cape Cod, run in partnership with Cape Cod Times, covering more than 125 local business categories across a nomination round and a separate public voting round, with the confirmed 2026 voting window set for March 17-31 at yourchoiceawards.com/capecod, also mirrored at capecodtimes.gannettcontests.com.

• Cape Gazette Battle of the Bartenders

  Annual 16-bartender bracket fan-vote run by the Cape Gazette across Delaware's Cape Region, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, and Milton. Four rounds, vote once per day, hosted on the SecondStreetApp platform, with the winner featured on the cover of The Cape Current.

• Capital Humane Society Tails and Trails Pet Photo Contest

  Lincoln, Nebraska's Capital Humane Society raises shelter funds through the Tails & Trails Pet Photo Contest, hosted at gogophotocontest.com/tailstrails24 on GoGo Photo Contest. Two rounds are confirmed, 2024 and 2025, both opening in May, and each vote counts as a one-dollar donation. Whether the page lists judging categories or limits repeat voting goes unaddressed; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue Calendar Photo Contest

  Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue runs its Calendar Photo Contest for supporters of the group's Great Pyrenees dogs at gogophotocontest.com/carolinapyrrescue. The rescue, based on a farm in Marshville, North Carolina, confirms voting closes September 30, 2026, at 9:00 PM Eastern time, with the page's own dated language naming 2026 as the confirmed contest year. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Carroll News Best Christmas Lights Display

  Two confirmed editions, 2024 and 2025, make up what Carroll News has run of its Best Christmas Lights Display, a photo-voting contest at carrollnews.secondstreetapp.com for Hillsville, Virginia. The most recent round closed December 29, 2025, after opening December 2. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Carroll News Cutest Pet Contest

  The Carroll News, a weekly newspaper based in Hillsville, Virginia, runs the Cutest Pet Contest through the Second Street platform at carrollnews.secondstreetapp.com. Six editions are on the books, 2020 through 2025, with the 2025 round running October 22 through November 26, 2025, before closing. It is a photo-vote format: pet owners submit a picture, and readers vote for their favorite. Neither a roster of ballot categories nor a rule capping how often one supporter can vote is printed on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Carroll News Gemini Awards

  Virginia's Carroll News Gemini Awards is an annual readers-choice ballot run by the newspaper Carroll News on the Second Street platform at carrollnews.secondstreetapp.com. Five editions are confirmed: 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with 2022 the one year missing from that span. The 2026 ballot opened January 21 and closed February 19, already finished for this cycle. A category list and any vote-cap or eligibility rule are not published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Cascade's Best

  Cascade's Best is the Bellingham Herald's community-vote program for Northwest Washington businesses at cascadesbest.com, distinct from Washington's Seattle-focused readers-choice ballots. Confirmed coverage spans Bellingham and the wider Whatcom County market; a category count and vote cap are not published.

• Casper Star-Tribune Best of Wyoming

  Casper Star-Tribune runs Wyoming's statewide Best of Wyoming readers-choice awards annually at trib.com/contests/best-of-wyoming/. The Lee Enterprises paper opens public nominations for local businesses each cycle, a launch it confirmed on its own Facebook page with the line "Best of Wyoming has started! Nominate all your favorite businesses."

• Catchy Awards Kansas High School Athletics

  The annual Catch It Kansas fan vote from KWCH 12 (Scripps) honoring Kansas high school sports across roughly 30 categories statewide — Best Player, Best Team, Best Moment, and Best Coach across KSHSAA classifications. About 3,000 fans cast ballots each edition at catchitkansas.com, with winners revealed at a June broadcast ceremony.

• CBUS Top Picks Community Choice Awards

  CBUS Top Picks is Gannett's USA Today Network readers-choice program for Columbus, Ohio, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform at dispatch.gannettcontests.com. The 2025 ballot covers 140-plus categories and operates separately from CommunityVotes Columbus, a distinct Columbus voting program with its own rules and ballot.

• Cedar Rapids CommunityVotes

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Cedar Rapids and Linn County, with open nominations, a public ballot, and category-based local business voting, covered locally by KHAK radio.

• CenTex High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive Central Texas regional fan vote, covering the Austin metro, Waco corridor, Temple, Killeen, Georgetown, Round Rock, and the small-town programs scattered between them. Editors nominate; fans vote unlimited times on si.com; the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — same day as the statewide Texas ballots, unlike the Dallas regional.

• Central Arkansas Parade of Homes People's Choice

  Central Arkansas Home Builders Association's Parade of Homes includes a People's Choice award, confirmed by builder Two Structures Homes' published coverage of the event. CAHBA's own voting page isn't independently confirmed here; the format follows the touring-and-voting pattern sister associations like Central Oklahoma's run for their own Parade of Homes.

• Central Florida Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for Central Florida girls flag football standouts, with confirmed 2025 winners from Oviedo, Pine Ridge, and St. Cloud.

• Central Florida High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI fan vote recognizing the top Central Florida prep baseball performance of the week. SI editors pick the nominees, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same deadline as every other Florida regional poll on the site.

• Central Florida High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI weekly fan vote for the best boys basketball performance in the Orlando metro — Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, and Brevard counties. Editors pick up to ten nominees; anyone can vote with no account; the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• Central Florida High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI weekly fan vote covering Orange, Seminole, Indian River, and six adjacent Central Florida counties — unlimited voting, closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific (not Monday like the Dallas regional), winner posted the following week on si.com/high-school/florida.

• Central Florida High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI fan vote for the top Central Florida girls basketball performance of the week. SI editors nominate; anyone can vote with no login; voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — mid-season ballots have drawn nominees from Montverde Academy, Bishop Moore, Lake Highland Prep, and Ocoee.

• Central Florida High School Girls Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote poll from High School on SI / SBLive for girls flag football standouts across Orange, Osceola, Lake, and Seminole counties, run during the FHSAA spring season with a Sunday-night close and no seasonal award attached.

• Central Florida High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's fan-vote ballot for the week's best Central Florida prep softball performance. Editors nominate; anyone can vote without an account; the poll runs every spring week during the FHSAA season and closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• Central Maine Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly reader ballot from CentralMaine.com (Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Maine Trust), spotlighting one Central Maine high school athlete across Kennebec and Somerset county schools. Confirmed 2025 windows: Fall weeks 3–11, Winter weeks 2–3, Spring weeks 1–4. Readers vote online; winner announced Saturday, separate from Bangor Daily News and Press Herald.

• Central Mass Community Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards runs the Central Mass Community Choice Awards, an annual readers-choice ballot for Worcester-area businesses at yourchoiceawards.com/centralmass. The confirmed structure spans Beauty & Health (23 subcategories), Dining (24 subcategories), and Services (30-plus subcategories) inside a total the organizer counts at 150-plus categories, with the remaining groups unconfirmed in the public record checked here.

• Charleston Magazine's Best Of

  Charleston Magazine runs its own annual Best Of program at charlestonmag.com, built on a mix of editorial selection and reader nominations rather than one open public ballot. No published category list, vote cap, or close date surfaced for this guide; confirm specifics on the live site each cycle.

• Charleston Post and Courier Athlete of the Week

  Post and Courier runs a weekly athlete-of-the-week feature inside its Charleston-area high school sports coverage at postandcourier.com/sports/highschool/, spotlighting a different Lowcountry program each week. The exact nominee count, vote cap, and close day shift week to week; readers should check the current post before assuming last week's rules still apply.

• Charleston's Choice

  Charleston's Choice runs nominations in spring, then narrows to a finalist ballot for public voting. Miss Phase 1 and a business never reaches the vote at all, that trips up more entrants than the vote count ever does.

• Charlotte Magazine Best of the Best Awards

  Charlotte Magazine's single Voters' Choice online poll, not a nominate-then-vote ballot, spanning 80-plus categories across dining, shopping, health, and local life. Voting runs January through February; winners print in the May issue. Confirmed for more than 25 straight years.

• Charlotte Observer Athlete of the Week

  The Charlotte Observer (McClatchy) runs two free fan polls weekly — boys and girls, separately — covering NCHSAA schools across Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, and Gaston counties. The poll lives at charlotteobserver.com, uses a refresh-to-vote mechanic with no hourly cap, and closes hard at noon Friday. The Observer sports desk picks nominees; highest vote total at close wins outright.

• Charlotte Observer Boys High School Athlete of the Week

  The Charlotte Observer's weekly fan vote for the top boys high school athlete in the Charlotte metro — multi-sport, year-round, closes Friday at noon Eastern. Unlike the SI/SBLive state polls that run all week to Sunday, this one gives voters five days and cuts off at midday Friday.

• Charlotte Observer Girls High School Athlete of the Week

  The Charlotte Observer's weekly fan vote for the top girls high school athlete in the Charlotte metro — multi-sport, year-round, closes Friday at noon Eastern. The same paper runs an independent boys poll simultaneously; this ballot covers girls only, pulling nominees from ten counties plus CISAA private schools with no account or login required to vote.

• CharlotteFive Readers' Choice

  Four confirmed editions, 2023 through 2026, sit behind CharlotteFive Readers' Choice, the Charlotte Observer's own readers'-choice ballot for Charlotte, North Carolina, hosted directly at charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/readers-choice. The 2026 cycle is already in its voting phase as of September 2026. Exactly which day this window opened, when it shuts, and whether a per-voter limit applies stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Chattanooga Times Free Press Athlete of the Week

  The Chattanooga Times Free Press Athlete of the Week poll runs inside a general Polls section at timesfreepress.com/news/polls, where an HS preps category is confirmed active for the 2025-26 school year. No fixed weekly cap or close time is published here, unlike Tennessee's SI-run statewide polls.

• Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of the Best

  Chattanooga Times Free Press's annual Best of the Best readers-choice awards, voted at the dedicated bestofchatt.com domain, with a Facebook post from the paper confirming that voting is currently under way, though no public category list or close date is attached yet.

• Chautauqua County Humane Society Hot Dogs Cool Cats Photo Contest

  Chautauqua County Humane Society runs the Hot Dogs Cool Cats Photo Contest, a playing-cards-themed pet-photo fundraiser for its Jamestown, New York shelter, hosted by GoGo Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/chautauquacountyhumanesociety-2016. Six confirmed edition years back it, 2014 through 2019, and the 2016 round's own page set a minimum of five votes per order before closing January 31 at 9:59:59 PM. Nothing published names a round since. The winner receives the title "CCHS 2016 Pet of the Year" plus a printed deck of 54 cards carrying their pet's name. Category rules and vote caps are unstated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Chevy Chaser Best of Lex

  Chevy Chaser Magazine's annual Best of Lex readers-choice program, voted at chevychaser.com and published by Smiley Pete Publishing, spans local Lexington, Kentucky businesses, people, and organizations rather than one ballot type. The April 2025 cycle's results appeared in a magazine edition hosted on Issuu.

• Chicago Style Weddings Best Of

  Chicago Style Weddings' Best Of awards recognize wedding vendors, venues, photographers, and planners across the Chicago market through a nomination process blending reader input with the magazine's own industry judging. The program has run more than 30 years and publishes twice yearly. Exact voting weight and current dates sit at chicagostyleweddings.com.

• Chronogram Magazine Readers' Choice

  Chronogram Magazine's Hudson Valley and Catskills readers-choice program, built on a nomination-then-vote structure at chronogram.com/readerschoice, distinct from Hudson Valley Magazine's separate five-county ballot in the same general region.

• Cincinnati CommunityVotes

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards spanning Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana communities around Cincinnati, with open nominations, a public ballot, and category-based local business voting.

• Cincinnati Enquirer Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan poll at cincinnati.com, presented by Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, covering Greater Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio prep athletes across all three OHSAA seasons. One vote per hour per device, no account required. Closes Thursday or Friday afternoon — the exact time shifts week to week, so check the widget before your final push.

• Cincinnati Enquirer NKY Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll from the Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett / USA TODAY Network) covering Northern Kentucky prep athletes across Boone, Kenton, Campbell, and Grant county schools. Yahoo Sports syndicates the ballot; readers vote once per hour per device, no account required, and the poll closes 4 p.m. Friday.

• Cincinnati Magazine Readers' Choice

  Cincinnati Magazine runs its own annual readers-choice program, separate from CityBeat's Best of Cincinnati, with winners published at cincinnatimagazine.com/readers-choice/. The category list, vote totals, and exact nomination window are not publicly confirmed on the record checked for this guide, so campaigns should verify the live cycle directly on the magazine's own site each year.

• Cincinnati's Best Community's Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards (Gannett) readers-choice business ballot for Cincinnati, run separately from Cincinnati CommunityVotes: open nominations across 70+ categories, then a public vote on the finalist field each annual cycle.

• Cincy Magazine Best of the West

  Cincy Magazine's readers-choice awards program scoped specifically to western Cincinnati, voted at cincymagazine.com/best-of-the-west/. It runs as its own separate ballot, distinct from Cincinnati CityBeat's citywide Best of Cincinnati, with exact categories and dates confirmed only on the official site each cycle.

• CIProud High School Mascot Bracket

  WMBD-TV's CIProud brand runs the CIProud High School Mascot Bracket for Central Illinois on a Second Street voting bracket at wmbd-tv.secondstreetapp.com. Two editions are confirmed, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 bracket is confirmed open August 17 through October 16. Each round pits one school mascot against another, and past what the current bracket page shows, confirm on the live ballot each cycle for round count, matchup list, or a per-voter limit.

• City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue Calendar Contest

  City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue, based in Washington, D.C., organizes its first confirmed calendar photo fundraiser on GoGo Photo Contest's hosted platform at gogophotocontest.com/citydogsandcitykittiesrescue. The rescue's own page states the top 13 vote-getters land in the first City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue Desk Calendar, with printed calendars available through the site until September 30, 2026. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Cityview Best of the Best (Knoxville)

  Cityview Magazine's annual Knoxville readers' poll spanning 365 categories, from a single public vote each summer.

• Clark's Pets Calendar Contest

  Clark's Pet Emporium, an Albuquerque pet-supply retailer, runs Clark's Pets Calendar Contest at clarkspets.com/pet-calendar-contest, inviting New Mexico pet owners to submit a photo of their cat, dog or other companion for a spot in its next calendar. Only one edition is confirmed so far, 2026: entries closed September 30, 2026, and public voting runs October 1 through October 15, 2026. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Cleveland Magazine Best of Cleveland Readers' Poll

  Cleveland Magazine's readers' companion to its own editorial Best of Cleveland list, run separately from that annual staff-picked award. Rather than a single citywide ballot, the readers' program splits into two regional votes, Best of the East and Best of the West, covering opposite sides of the region.

• Cleveland Magazine Best of the East

  Cleveland Magazine's Best of the East is the eastern half of its readers' poll, a companion vote to the magazine's own editorial Best of Cleveland list. The 2026 edition is confirmed running, with readers choosing standout East Side establishments and individuals separate from the West ballot.

• Cleveland Magazine Best of the West

  Cleveland Magazine's Best of the West is the western half of its readers' poll, a companion vote to the magazine's own editorial Best of Cleveland list. Readers choose the standout West Side establishments and individuals, run separately from the East ballot, with categories and dates confirmed only at clevelandmagazine.com each cycle.

• Cleveland Scene Best of Cleveland

  Cleveland Scene's annual Best of Cleveland readers' poll at clevescene.com/best-of, run as a nomination round feeding a finalist ballot across 250+ categories, with winners named in the December issue. Confirmed live for the 2025 and 2026 cycles.

• Coast Weekend Readers' Choice Awards

  Coast Weekend's annual reader ballot spanning Astoria, Warrenton, and Clatsop County, Oregon, across the Columbia River into the Long Beach Peninsula, Washington. One north coast paper, two states, one ballot.

• Colorado Baseball Player of the Week

  Weekly spring fan vote from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado/baseball, confirmed live in May 2025 as a "top hitters" format: a rotating list of standout CHSAA batting performances rather than one all-around nominee per school. Free to vote, no account required; no per-device cap or results archive is publicly documented.

• Colorado Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  Weekly winter fan-vote poll from High School on SI, running January through March alongside SI's confirmed Colorado boys basketball rankings at si.com/high-school/colorado. Nominees are pulled from CHSAA member schools statewide; no account is needed to vote, and the winner runs in a dated feature article.

• Colorado Football Defensive Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado/football, splitting a defense-only ballot off Colorado's combined weekly poll, a structure mirroring Georgia and Maryland's 2025 offense/defense divide. Draws from all six CHSAA classes, 1A through 6A. Free to vote, no account required.

• Colorado Football Offensive Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/colorado/football, spotlighting one standout Colorado prep offensive performer each week of the CHSAA season, a split modeled on Georgia and Maryland's confirmed 2025 offense/defense ballots. Free to vote, no account required; the hub doesn't publish an exact per-device cap.

• Colorado Football Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado/football, open to every CHSAA football program from Class 1A through Class 6A across an August-to-November season. No account is required to vote, live totals show through the week, and the winner runs in a Monday feature article.

• Colorado Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  Weekly winter fan-vote poll from High School on SI, published on the same si.com/high-school/colorado hub that covers every CHSAA sport statewide. Nominees are pulled from Colorado girls basketball programs across the state; no account is needed to vote, and the winner runs in a dated feature article separate from the boys' ballot.

• Colorado High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan-vote recognition run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com — covering all CHSAA member schools from Class 1A through 5A, every sport, every season. Voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.; no account needed.

• Colorado High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote honor from High School on SI, published on the general si.com/high-school/colorado hub once Colorado's CHSAA spring baseball season ends. The ballot follows a separate weekly "top hitters" poll confirmed live in May 2025. Free to vote; no account, and no per-device cap is publicly documented.

• Colorado High School Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote honor from High School on SI, published on the general si.com/high-school/colorado hub rather than the weekly poll's dedicated address. Nominees are drawn from CHSAA's full six-class football field, 1A through 6A, once the postseason ends. Free to vote; no account, and no per-device cap is published.

• Colorado High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado, crowning one Colorado girls basketball standout each year from CHSAA programs statewide. Distinct from the weekly Player of the Week ballot on the same hub: nominees are judged on a full season, and no account is needed to vote.

• Colorado High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote recognition at si.com/high-school/colorado, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), crowning a statewide Colorado POY per sport each year across all CHSAA member schools. Free vote, no cap stated.

• Colorado High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-fall-season fan poll at si.com/high-school/colorado, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), crowning the top Colorado girls softball player statewide. Voting is free with no hourly cap; winner decided by fan-vote total at close.

• Colorado Springs Parade of Homes People's Choice

  One confirmed edition, 2026, backs Colorado Springs Parade of Homes People's Choice at springsparade.com. The Home Tour itself runs September 11 through 27, 2026, and its People's Choice vote sits inside that same window. Past those dates, a category list, a per-voter rule, and the organizer's own name are whatever the live page says, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Colorado Springs Top of Town

  Colorado Springs Magazine's annual Top of Town readers-choice contest, voted at coloradospringsmag.com/tott. The magazine hasn't published a category list, vote cap, or fixed dates on the record checked for this guide, and the name echoes 5280 Magazine's separate Denver contest closely enough to cause real confusion.

• Colorado's Best

  The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best, an annual voting hub at coloradosun.com/colorados-best. The nonprofit newsroom's public record confirms only the yearly cadence and that single hub URL; no category list, vote cap, ballot structure, or close date is published anywhere The Colorado Sun has made public.

• Colorado's Best Denver Metro

  The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best Denver Metro, an annual regional sub-edition of its statewide Colorado's Best program, voted at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-denver-metro. The public record confirms only the annual cadence and that single URL, and this edition lands in the same Denver-metro market Top of the Town and Best of Denver already serve.

• Colorado's Best Northeast

  The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best Northeast, an annual regional sub-edition of its statewide Colorado's Best program, voted at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-northeast. The newsroom has made public only the annual cadence and that single URL; no category list, vote cap, ballot format, or close date appears anywhere on its site.

• Colorado's Best Southwest

  The Colorado Sun's Colorado's Best franchise now runs a Southwest Colorado sub-edition, voted annually at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-southwest. Beyond that URL and an annual cadence, the newsroom hasn't published a category list, vote cap, ballot format, or close date here, so the live site is the only real authority once a cycle opens.

• Colorado's Best Western Slope

  The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best Western Slope, an annual regional sub-edition of its statewide Colorado's Best program, voted at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-western-slope. The public record confirms only the annual cadence and that single URL; no category list, vote cap, ballot format, or close date has been published anywhere online.

• Columbia Missourian Reader's Choice Awards

  Columbia Missourian's annual Reader's Choice Awards, a business-by-category readers' poll run by the University of Missouri's teaching newspaper at columbiamissourian.com, confirmed active for the 2025 cycle across Columbia and Boone County.

• Columbia MO CommunityVotes

  Columbia MO CommunityVotes runs on the syndicated CommunityVotes platform at communityvotes.com, an active 2025 ballot for Columbia, Missouri businesses in a Mizzou university market. It is a separate operation from the Columbia Missourian's own newspaper readers'-choice ballot, with its own franchise-style voting mechanics.

• Columbus Dispatch Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan vote at dispatch.com, presented by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, recognizing Central Ohio prep athletes across separate Boys and Girls ballots each week. One vote per device per hour, no account required. Organized by The Columbus Dispatch (Gannett / USA TODAY Network).

• Columbus People's Choice Awards

  The Ledger-Enquirer's annual Columbus People's Choice Awards, voted at columbuspeopleschoice.com for what the paper describes as a major Southeast Georgia market; categories, nomination steps, and voting dates aren't published in the confirmed record, so check the live site each cycle.

• Commercial Appeal Memphis Athlete of the Week

  Weekly, year-round fan vote from the Commercial Appeal (Gannett/USA Today Network) recognizing one standout Memphis-area high school athlete each week, with no summer pause. Each week's ballot runs inside a fresh embedded poll rather than one fixed page — confirm the current cap and close time on that week's live article.

• Community Concern for Cats Calendar Cat Photo Contest

  Walnut Creek, California's Community Concern for Cats runs its Calendar Cat Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/cc4c, a market address hosted by GoGo Photo Contest. Confirmed editions run 2025 and 2026; the current cycle opened September 14, 2026, with entries closing 10:00 PM Pacific on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Entering a photo costs $5, and the cat with the most votes lands on the 2027 calendar cover; everything past that stays confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Community Votes Billings

  Metroland Media's CommunityVotes program for Billings, Montana, hosted at billings.communityvotes.com, where businesses are nominated first and the public votes for finalists afterward; an Instagram announcement confirms the 2026 cycle is live, with categories and dates set on the current ballot.

• Community Votes Bozeman

  Metroland Media's annual CommunityVotes readers-choice program for Bozeman, Montana, run at bozeman.communityvotes.com, where nominees typically move through a nominate-then-vote ballot; the 2025 cycle is confirmed active, though exact categories, the nomination window, and any vote cap are not yet published for this specific market.

• Community Votes Great Falls

  Metroland Media's CommunityVotes readers-choice program for Great Falls, Montana, hosted at greatfalls.communityvotes.com. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active and the program runs annually; exact categories, the vote window, and any cap should be confirmed on the current ballot before a business builds a campaign around it.

• Community Votes Missoula

  Metroland Media's CommunityVotes readers-choice program for Missoula, Montana, hosted at missoula.communityvotes.com. The 2026 cycle's nomination window is confirmed as running February 16 through June 7, a longer, more specifically published window than Montana's other CommunityVotes and readers-choice sibling programs currently disclose on their own sites.

• CommunityVotes Abilene

  Nominations for CommunityVotes Abilene, the readers' choice business ballot the network runs here in West Texas, are open from August 16 through December 13 in the confirmed 2026 cycle at abilene.communityvotes.com. A category list and a vote cap: confirm both on the live site each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Akron

  Akron, Ohio business owners find their readers' choice ballot at akron.communityvotes.com, home to CommunityVotes Akron within the wider CommunityVotes network. Nominations opened June 16 and the 2026 page keeps that window running through October 11. Akron's page stays silent on both a category roster and a vote cap once that window ends; confirm each on the live ballot when the next phase opens.

• CommunityVotes Albany

  Unlike Best of Brooklyn's single-borough ballot, CommunityVotes Albany runs its own capital-region readers'-choice program, organized through a local Albany partner at albany.communityvotes.com. Four editions back it so far, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025, and the page's own 2026 Nomination Period is open now, running August 2 through November 29. Past that window, no category roster or per-voter rule is printed yet; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Albuquerque

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Albuquerque, New Mexico, spanning Food & Drink, Retail, Services, Wellness/Hair/Beauty, and Community Organization categories, with a four-tier Platinum through Bronze winner ladder in every category.

• CommunityVotes Allentown

  Allentown's CommunityVotes ballot stands out from its Pennsylvania siblings for one reason: five confirmed editions in a row, 2022 through 2026, with no missing year, all at allentown.communityvotes.com. The live 2026 page confirms nominations open July 15 and close November 8. Once that window closes, which categories qualify and whether a vote cap exists both go unconfirmed; only the live ballot settles either question each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Amarillo

  Amarillo, Texas hosts CommunityVotes Amarillo, run through a local CommunityVotes partner at amarillo.communityvotes.com. Voting for 2026 is timed precisely, from Wednesday, August 12 at 6:00 am to Sunday, September 13 at 11:59 pm, yet the program's own dated history only confirms two editions, 2024 and 2026, with no 2025 round confirmed. A category list and any per-supporter vote limit go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Ann Arbor

  Ann Arbor, Michigan, hosts its readers' choice business ballot at annarbor.communityvotes.com. Nominations for 2026 run May 16 through September 13. Beyond that window, no category list and no listed vote cap appear; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Appleton

  Appleton, Wisconsin hosts two separate readers'-choice ballots, and this page covers only one of them: CommunityVotes Appleton, hosted at appleton.communityvotes.com. Its 2026 cycle posted results in June, marking a third confirmed year alongside 2023 and 2024. Which categories the ballot sorts into, and whether a supporter's vote can be repeated, never make it onto the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Arvada

  CommunityVotes runs a readers'-choice ballot for Arvada, Colorado, at arvada.communityvotes.com. Two editions are confirmed, 2023 and 2026, and the 2026 results were posted in June after voting closed. Categories, a per-voter limit, and day-level 2026 dates stay off the published page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Augusta

  CommunityVotes' annual readers-choice awards platform for the Augusta, Georgia metro at augusta.communityvotes.com, run in two rounds, an initial nomination round followed by a finalist voting round. The category list, exact dates, and any vote cap are not yet published; confirm each on the live site once a cycle opens.

• CommunityVotes Baton Rouge

  Baton Rouge, Louisiana is home to CommunityVotes Baton Rouge, one of three separately run local best-of ballots in the city, reachable at batonrouge.communityvotes.com. This CommunityVotes round has run twice so far, in 2025 and again in 2026, and the current voting window stands open, Wednesday, August 26 through Sunday, September 27. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Beaumont

  Where does a Beaumont supporter actually go to vote? At beaumonttx.communityvotes.com, the CommunityVotes ballot run for this Southeast Texas city. The confirmed 2026 nomination window opened August 16 and runs through December 13, with an earlier edition confirmed in 2023. The organizer keeps the category count and the per-voter rule off the page; confirm both, plus whatever voting-stage dates follow, on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Bellevue NE

  Where does Bellevue, Nebraska actually vote for its favorite local businesses? At bellevuene.communityvotes.com, operated locally under the national CommunityVotes network, with 2026 voting confirmed open from Wednesday, August 26 at 6:00 a.m. through Sunday, September 27 at 11:59 p.m. Four consecutive years, 2023 through 2026, back this cycle. A category list and a voting limit are not published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Bellingham

  A local CommunityVotes franchise brings Bellingham, Washington its own nominate-and-vote ballot at bellingham.communityvotes.com. 2026 marks the platform's second confirmed cycle here, and the live page fixes voting between 6:00 am Wednesday, August 12 and 11:59 pm Sunday, September 13. A voter may back several businesses inside one category, submitting that slate once per registered e-mail address. Category detail and any nomination-phase calendar are settled on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Bismarck

  CommunityVotes Bismarck is Metroland Media's annual readers-choice program for North Dakota's capital market, run at bismarck.communityvotes.com. The 2026 cycle is confirmed active; a category list, vote cap, and exact nomination or voting dates have not surfaced anywhere public for this guide.

• CommunityVotes Bloomington IN Best Of

  CommunityVotes Bloomington IN 2025, a readers-choice business awards program at bloomingtonin.communityvotes.com, runs inside Indiana's only CommunityVotes market built substantially around a university, Indiana University Bloomington, rather than a river city or the state's second-largest city. No public category list, vote cap, or close date is confirmed; check the live 2025 page each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Bloomington MN

  CommunityVotes Bloomington MN is Bloomington, Minnesota's stop on the CommunityVotes circuit, hosted at bloomingtonmn.communityvotes.com under a locally based partner. Three editions stand behind it so far, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and the newest one already shows results, posted in August 2026. Day-level dates for that window, plus any category roster or per-supporter vote limit, stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Boulder

  Boulder, Colorado's outpost of the CommunityVotes readers-choice network, voted at boulder.communityvotes.com in two stages, a nomination stage first, then a finalist vote. What sets it apart from Denver's ballots is the city's tech-corridor business base. No published category list, close date, or vote cap exists for this program yet.

• CommunityVotes Boynton Beach

  Boynton Beach, Florida's readers' choice recognition runs through CommunityVotes at boyntonbeach.communityvotes.com. June 17 through October 11 makes up the confirmed 2026 nomination window here. Which categories qualify and whether a vote limit applies go unstated once that window ends, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either detail.

• CommunityVotes Bridgeport

  CommunityVotes Bridgeport is the Bridgeport, Connecticut edition of the national CommunityVotes readers-choice network, run at bridgeport.communityvotes.com and confirmed active for the 2025 cycle, with no published category list or nomination calendar yet on record.

• CommunityVotes Brockton

  Nominations for CommunityVotes Brockton run July 3 through October 25, hosted through a local CommunityVotes partner at brockton.communityvotes.com rather than by a South Shore newspaper. Archived pages confirm two prior editions, 2024 and 2025. Archived pages also show CommunityVotes Brockton present in 2026. Unlike BOSS - Best of South Shore, a separate program covering the coastal South Shore rather than Brockton's inland market, CommunityVotes Brockton answers only to the national CommunityVotes network. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle for whatever isn't covered here.

• CommunityVotes Bryan

  Bryan, Texas runs its own CommunityVotes readers' choice business ballot at bryan.communityvotes.com. Nominations for the 2026 cycle opened June 3 and close September 27, with an earlier 2024 cycle already confirmed too. Once that window closes, which categories apply and whether a vote cap exists go unpublished, so check bryan.communityvotes.com directly for both.

• CommunityVotes Buckeye

  CommunityVotes Buckeye is the CommunityVotes network's nominate-then-vote business ballot for Buckeye, Arizona, at buckeye.communityvotes.com. The live 2026 page confirms a nomination window of May 17 through September 13. Only two of the last three years, 2024 and 2026, are confirmed as separate cycles; no category list or per-voter limit surfaces past that stretch so far. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Canton

  CommunityVotes Canton is Canton, Ohio's readers' choice business ballot, hosted at cantonoh.communityvotes.com, with nominations open June 16 through October 11 in the confirmed 2026 cycle. Nothing about a Canton-specific category list or per-voter cap has surfaced past that window today. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Cape Coral

  Cape Coral, Florida's audience picks its own local favorites through CommunityVotes Cape Coral, run by a local CommunityVotes partner at capecoral.communityvotes.com. Two editions are confirmed, 2024 and 2026, with no confirmed edition documented for 2025 in between. The page currently shows June 2026 as the results month, meaning the latest ballot has already closed. A category roster, a per-voter cap, and day-level open and close dates are not published; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Carmel

  CommunityVotes Carmel is a CommunityVotes readers' choice business ballot for Carmel, Indiana, run at carmel.communityvotes.com, with nominations open June 15 through October 11 in the confirmed 2026 cycle. Beyond that window, no category list or vote cap is published right now. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Carrollton

  CommunityVotes Carrollton runs a community-vote business ballot for Carrollton, Texas, hosted at carrollton.communityvotes.com by a local CommunityVotes partner. Three straight editions are confirmed, 2024 through 2026, and the site's own results section already shows August 2026 voting finished, with winners posted. Whether the ballot sorts into categories, or caps how often a supporter votes, is not stated anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Chandler

  CommunityVotes Chandler has confirmed three straight nomination cycles, 2024 through 2026, on the CommunityVotes network's dedicated page at chandler.communityvotes.com for Chandler, Arizona. The live 2026 window runs May 17 through September 13. Neither a category list nor a per-voter cap turns up past that stretch. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Charleston

  Metroland's CommunityVotes readers-choice program for the Charleston, South Carolina market, run at charleston.communityvotes.com through three stages: nomination, voting, and winners. The confirmed 2026 nomination window runs September 2 through December 27. It is a separate program from the Post and Courier's own Charleston's Choice ballot.

• CommunityVotes Chattanooga

  CommunityVotes' Chattanooga business ballot at chattanooga.communityvotes.com, confirmed active across the 2025 and 2026 cycles and separate from the Times Free Press's own Best of the Best program. No category list, vote cap, or close date is published in this record; confirm those directly on the live site.

• CommunityVotes Chesapeake

  Three confirmed editions, 2023, 2024 and 2026, back CommunityVotes Chesapeake, Virginia's readers'-choice business ballot from a local CommunityVotes affiliate at chesapeake.communityvotes.com. The 2026 voting stage ran through August, and the page already shows results and thanks supporters for taking part. Category names and any per-supporter vote limit are missing from the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Cheyenne

  CommunityVotes Cheyenne is Metroland Media's annual best-of readers-choice program at cheyenne.communityvotes.com, the fourth such program confirmed running in Wyoming's capital. The site's "Promote Your Business" page confirms an active, business-facing operation verified live in 2025, though its full category list and vote cap are not published here.

• CommunityVotes Cicero

  Cicero, Illinois, a suburb just west of Chicago, hosts CommunityVotes Cicero, a neighbor-nominated business ballot run through a local CommunityVotes partner at cicero.communityvotes.com. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2022 and 2026, with the current nomination period open July 15 through November 8. Past that window, the site alone decides what its category list and per-voter rules end up being; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Clearwater

  Unlike Florida's statewide "best of" polls, CommunityVotes Clearwater answers to one city only, run by a local CommunityVotes partner at clearwater.communityvotes.com. Two editions are confirmed back to back, 2025 and 2026, and the current page shows June 2026 as the results month with voting already closed. A category roster, a per-voter cap, and day-level open and close dates are not published; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Columbia SC

  Columbia, South Carolina's CommunityVotes ballot, coordinated by a CommunityVotes affiliate for this specific market, sits at columbiasc.communityvotes.com, distinct from two other "Best of Columbia" pages published elsewhere in the state. Confirmed editions land on 2024 and 2026, with nothing published for 2025 in between. Voting for the 2026 cycle opens Wednesday, August 12, beginning at 6:00 in the morning, and continues through Sunday, September 13, closing out at 11:59 that night; earlier nomination-period dates are unpublished, confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Columbus

  CommunityVotes' readers-choice program for Columbus, Georgia, at columbus.communityvotes.com. The site itself states 2026 nominations begin Friday, September 4, at 6:00 a.m. It runs separately from the Ledger-Enquirer's own Columbus People's Choice Awards, a different Columbus, Georgia program on a different domain.

• CommunityVotes Concord

  A local CommunityVotes partner keeps concordnc.communityvotes.com running for Concord, North Carolina's readers'-choice business ballot. A pair of confirmed editions stand behind it, 2024 and 2026, and the page as it stands now shows the June 2026 round wrapped up with a link straight to winners. Award plaques for that round get made to order, with 6 to 8 weeks named for fulfillment. Past June, exact daily dates, a category rundown, and any per-voter ceiling go unmentioned; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Coral Springs

  In Coral Springs, Florida, CommunityVotes runs a local readers'-choice business ballot at coralsprings.communityvotes.com through a partner based in the city. Its history so far holds two editions, 2024 and then 2026, and the 2026 round has already wrapped, a winners page replaced the ballot in June. What the site withholds matters just as much, no printed category breakdown, no stated cap on votes per person, and no specific calendar day for either the opening or the close. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Dayton

  Dayton, Ohio hosts CommunityVotes Dayton at dayton.communityvotes.com, run by a local CommunityVotes market partner, not a Dayton newspaper. Archived pages confirm two editions, 2024 and 2025, and the live page, now titled CommunityVotes Dayton 2026, keeps its nomination window open June 16 through October 11. Past that date, what gets published about categories or a vote limit stays thin; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Duluth

  CommunityVotes Duluth's annual readers-choice business ballot at duluth.communityvotes.com, with the 2026 cycle confirmed live and separate from the Duluth News Tribune's own Best of the Best program. No public category list, vote cap, or exact calendar is published yet; confirm all three on the live site each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Durham

  Durham, North Carolina's CommunityVotes ballot runs at durham.communityvotes.com under a partner licensed locally by the network. The 2026 window opens at 6:00 in the morning on Wednesday, August 12, and it closes at 11:59 that night on Sunday, September 13, an unusually exact pair of bookends for a program whose own confirmed history goes back only to 2025, its first proven year. What other CommunityVotes cities publish carries no weight here; Durham's own results stay specific to Durham. Whatever categories apply, and whatever cap governs a single supporter's votes, wait on the live ballot to settle each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Eau Claire

  Unlike Eau Claire Reader's Choice Awards, a separate publisher's ballot for the same city, CommunityVotes Eau Claire answers only to the national CommunityVotes network at eauclaire.communityvotes.com. Two confirmed editions exist so far, 2023 and 2026, with the current cycle's results posted that June. A category roster, a vote cap, and day-level dates stay unpublished past that point; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Erie (Erie Times-News / GoErie)

  Erie Times-News and GoErie run their readers' choice program on the CommunityVotes platform at erie.communityvotes.com, confirmed live as "CommunityVotes Erie 2026" with a nomination window from July 15 through November 8. It's a separate program from the Erie Reader's own Best of Erie.

• CommunityVotes Escondido

  CommunityVotes Escondido has confirmed two straight nomination editions, 2025 and 2026, on the CommunityVotes network's dedicated page at escondidoca.communityvotes.com for Escondido, California, in San Diego County. The live 2026 window runs August 19 through December 13. Past that window, this page finds neither a category list nor a vote cap posted. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Evansville Best Of

  CommunityVotes Evansville 2026, a Vanderburgh County readers-choice business awards program promoted through two official addresses, evansville.communityvotes.com and yourchoiceawards.com/evansville/, tied to organizers CommunityVotes Evansville and YourChoiceAwards.

• CommunityVotes Fargo

  CommunityVotes Fargo is Metroland Media's annual readers-choice program for North Dakota's largest market, run at fargo.communityvotes.com. The confirmed 2026 nomination window runs February 15 through June 7; whatever voting stage follows nominations has not been made public anywhere this page could locate.

• CommunityVotes Fayetteville

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business ballot for Fayetteville, Arkansas, run at fayettevillear.communityvotes.com with a nominate-then-vote cycle covering Washington County and the wider Northwest Arkansas market.

• CommunityVotes Fayetteville NC

  A local partner keeps fayetteville.communityvotes.com going for CommunityVotes Fayetteville, a readers'-choice business ballot. It shares nothing with Fayetteville Community's Choice Awards beyond a similar-sounding name and the same city; separate organizers run each one. Its history holds two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026, and the June 2026 round has already closed, its results page crediting campaign supporters such as Movement Mortgage and Hair by Thao. Which categories exist and what limit applies go unmentioned; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Fort Collins

  CommunityVotes' Fort Collins readers-choice ballot at fortcollins.communityvotes.com runs in two stages, a nomination round followed by a finalist vote, separate from the city's own YourChoiceAwards program. No category list, vote cap, or fixed nomination-to-close calendar has been published yet for either one; check the live site each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Fort Myers

  CommunityVotes Fort Myers runs a readers' choice business ballot for Fort Myers, Florida at fortmyers.communityvotes.com. This year's confirmed nomination stage spans July 4 through October 25. Beyond that window, fortmyers.communityvotes.com stays silent on both category rules and a vote cap, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle for whichever detail matters.

• CommunityVotes Fort Smith

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business ballot for Fort Smith, Arkansas, run at fortsmith.communityvotes.com with a nominate-then-vote cycle and its own 2026 nomination window separate from every other Arkansas best-of program.

• CommunityVotes Fort Wayne Best Of

  CommunityVotes Fort Wayne runs an annual, all-business-category readers-choice vote at fortwayne.communityvotes.com, with the 2026 cycle nominating businesses April 1 through 30 and voting open June 1 through 16. A separate program, the Journal Gazette's own Readers' Choice, also serves Fort Wayne with its own rules.

• CommunityVotes Franklin

  Franklin, Tennessee sits just south of Nashville, and its readers' choice business ballot runs through the CommunityVotes network at franklintn.communityvotes.com. August 18 through December 13 marks the confirmed 2026 nomination window. Past that stretch, no category list or vote cap has surfaced yet, so the live site is the one place to check both.

• CommunityVotes Frederick

  CommunityVotes Frederick is a CommunityVotes readers' choice business ballot for Frederick, the Frederick County seat in Maryland, run at frederick.communityvotes.com, where 2026 nominations opened September 2 and stay open through December 27. Past that window, the page doesn't name a category list or a posted vote cap; as ever, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Frisco

  Frisco, Texas's business ballot lives at frisco.communityvotes.com. Nominations opened August 6 and stay open through November 29 this cycle. A category list and a vote cap are two things the site does not publish past that window. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Garland

  CommunityVotes Garland is CommunityVotes' readers' choice business ballot for Garland, Texas, at garland.communityvotes.com. Nominations opened August 4 and stay open through November 29, 2026, per the live site. A category list and a vote cap are not published beyond that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Gilbert

  CommunityVotes Gilbert runs its own dedicated business ballot for Gilbert, Arizona, still legally a town despite population growth that rivals many Arizona cities, at gilbert.communityvotes.com. The live 2026 page confirms a nomination window from May 17 through September 13, the third straight confirmed year alongside 2024 and 2025. Past that window, neither a category breakdown nor a vote limit is published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Grand Forks

  CommunityVotes Grand Forks, Metroland Media's annual readers-choice business awards for the Grand Forks metro, runs at grandforks.communityvotes.com. The 2026 cycle is confirmed live; no fixed nomination window, category list, or vote cap has surfaced publicly, so the live site remains the only reliable source each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Grand Rapids

  CommunityVotes Grand Rapids is a nominate-then-vote business ballot running at grandrapids.communityvotes.com for Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2026 marks its fifth straight confirmed year since 2022, with the window open May 16 through September 13. Neither categories nor a vote cap show up anywhere on the site; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Greenville

  Greenville, North Carolina runs its own city-specific readers' choice ballot inside the CommunityVotes network, at greenville.communityvotes.com, distinct from the Daily Reflector's own newspaper-run Best Of Pitt County program. The live site puts nominations open September 2 through December 27, 2026. Category rules and any vote limit sit outside what's confirmed here; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Hartford

  CommunityVotes Hartford's annual readers-choice business awards, voted at hartford.communityvotes.com across 120+ categories spanning the capital region, with nominations open December 2 through March 29 and multiple public voting rounds following. Confirm the exact category list and round dates on the live site each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Hartford 2026

  CommunityVotes Hartford 2026, run by Metroland Media across the greater Hartford metro, opens online nominations December 2 through March 29 before moving into public voting rounds at hartford.communityvotes.com, covering local businesses across the wider region rather than one single town.

• CommunityVotes High Point

  CommunityVotes puts High Point's readers'-choice ballot online through a local partner, reachable at highpoint.communityvotes.com. Two cycles make up this North Carolina program's confirmed history, one that ran in 2025, another in 2026 whose voting stretch had already wrapped by June, results already linked from the same page. Beyond that single data point, whether entries get sorted into named categories or a supporter runs into a daily cap stays unstated, leaving highpoint.communityvotes.com as the place worth trusting once a fresh cycle starts.

• CommunityVotes Huntsville

  Huntsville, Alabama, gets its own readers' choice business ballot from the CommunityVotes network at huntsvilleal.communityvotes.com. Its 2026 nominations start Friday, September 4, at 6 a.m., per the live site. A category list, vote cap, and closing date are not published; confirm all three on the live site.

• CommunityVotes Independence

  Independence's CommunityVotes ballot has a notable gap: confirmed editions run in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2026. Archived pages also show 2025, though that year alone isn't confirmed. The ballot itself is hosted at independence.communityvotes.com for Independence, Missouri. The 2026 nomination window is confirmed open May 15 through September 13, though what happens past that point is thinner: this page finds no fixed category list and no stated vote cap, so the live ballot each cycle is the only real source for both.

• CommunityVotes Jersey City

  CommunityVotes' annual public nomination-then-vote ballot for Jersey City businesses, run at jerseycity.communityvotes.com across restaurants, services, health, and beauty categories, with the 2026 cycle's nomination window confirmed for January 16 to May 10.

• CommunityVotes Jonesboro

  Jonesboro, Arkansas gets its own CommunityVotes ballot, run through a local partner at jonesboro.communityvotes.com, with a dated history of two confirmed cycles, one in 2025 and one in 2026. By July 2026 that page had already thanked supporters for voting and moved on to posting winners, well past any open nomination window, and it noted that winners' awards are made-to-order. Which award categories apply and how a vote limit works stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Kansas City

  CommunityVotes' own business readers-choice ballot for Kansas City, Missouri, at kansascity.communityvotes.com. The 2026 nomination period is confirmed open from June 2 to September 27, with a named featured supporter already listed on the live site. It runs separately from Kansas City Magazine's Best of KC and the CommunityVotes network's own St. Joseph and Columbia, Missouri markets.

• CommunityVotes Kenosha

  Where do Kenosha supporters vote in CommunityVotes Kenosha? At kenosha.communityvotes.com, part of the national CommunityVotes network, now running its fifth straight confirmed edition, 2022 through 2026. That cycle's results were posted in June. A category roster and a vote cap stay unpublished past that point; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Kent

  kent.communityvotes.com carries Kent, Washington's CommunityVotes ballot, put together by a local partner working the Kent market. Its own page already shows the 2026 round wrapped, results posted in August, its second confirmed year following a 2025 debut. Two paying sponsors, Valley Property Services and El Ranchito Con Sabor a Mexico, sit in a capped promotional slot beside the results; categories and any per-voter limit stay off that page.

• CommunityVotes Killeen

  CommunityVotes Killeen is a community-vote business ballot for Killeen, Texas, run with a local CommunityVotes partner behind killeen.communityvotes.com. Two confirmed editions exist so far, 2023 and 2026, and the 2026 window is open now, voting that opened Wednesday, August 12, and runs through to Sunday, September 13. Whether categories exist, or repeat voting gets capped, is not spelled out; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Knoxville

  Knoxville, Tennessee's CommunityVotes ballot runs at knoxville.communityvotes.com under a local CommunityVotes partner. Three confirmed editions, 2024, 2025 and 2026, sit behind it, and the 2026 nomination window opened February 17 and closed June 7, with results already posted by July. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes La Crosse

  La Crosse, Wisconsin's CommunityVotes La Crosse runs at lacrosse.communityvotes.com through a local CommunityVotes partner. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2023, 2024, and 2026, with the current cycle's results posted in June. The page carries only a category-search box, not a printed roster, and no vote cap is published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lafayette LA

  A Lafayette-based CommunityVotes partner publishes CommunityVotes Lafayette LA at lafayettela.communityvotes.com, distinct from the city's separately run Acadiana's Choice ballot on YourChoiceAwards. This CommunityVotes edition has run twice, in 2024 and again in 2026, with the current voting window open, Wednesday, August 26 through Sunday, September 27. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lake Charles

  Lake Charles, Louisiana carries two separate readers'-choice ballots at once: CommunityVotes Lake Charles, organized through a local CommunityVotes partner at lakecharles.communityvotes.com, and the unrelated Best of SWLA program next door. Dated evidence for CommunityVotes' own Lake Charles market covers 2024 and 2026, and the 2026 stage sits in active voting, open Wednesday, August 26 through Sunday, September 27. The confirmed page never lists which categories compete, nor how many times a supporter may return to vote. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lansing

  CommunityVotes Lansing runs a community-nominated business ballot out of Michigan's state capital, at lansing.communityvotes.com. Nominations for 2026 are open May 16 through September 13, a third straight confirmed year following 2024 and 2025. A category breakdown and a vote-stage cap stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lawrence

  Lawrence, Kansas has its own readers' choice business ballot through the CommunityVotes network, running at lawrenceks.communityvotes.com, where the 2026 nomination window opened June 2 and closes September 27. Beyond that window, the site doesn't spell out a category list, nor does it name a vote cap; the live page is where to look up either one.

• CommunityVotes Layton

  CommunityVotes Layton confirms two nomination editions, 2024 and 2026, for Layton, Utah at layton.communityvotes.com. Archived pages show 2025 too, though nothing on them names it as its own confirmed cycle. The 2026 window is confirmed open August 18 through December 13. Beyond that window, the page publishes no category list and no set vote cap; regardless, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lee's Summit

  Most of Missouri's readers'-choice ballots answer to a local magazine. CommunityVotes Lee's Summit doesn't; it runs on the same national CommunityVotes network as Columbia's own edition, at leessummit.communityvotes.com. Archived pages confirm four straight editions, 2023 through 2026. The 2026 nomination window runs May 15 through September 13. Past that window, Lee's Summit's page doesn't publish a category list, and it doesn't publish a vote cap at all. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lewisville

  CommunityVotes Lewisville runs a community-vote business ballot for Lewisville, Texas, hosted at lewisville.communityvotes.com via a local CommunityVotes partner. Three straight editions are confirmed, 2024 through 2026, and the current page shows results already posted for August 2026 rather than an open vote. Whether the ballot uses categories, or caps repeat voting, is not spelled out anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lexington-Fayette

  CommunityVotes Lexington-Fayette's annual readers-choice business ballot at lexingtonfayette.communityvotes.com, with nominations open August through December and the 2025 cycle confirmed active. No category list, vote cap, or close date beyond that window is published; confirm current details on the live site each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lincoln

  Lincoln, Nebraska hosts CommunityVotes Lincoln, a ballot separate from the city's better-known Lincoln's Choice Awards, operated locally under the national CommunityVotes network at lincoln.communityvotes.com. Voting for 2026 is confirmed open Wednesday, August 26 at 6:00 a.m. through Sunday, September 27 at 11:59 p.m., a fourth consecutive year following 2023 through 2025. Exactly which categories run, and how a vote limit might apply, still needs confirming on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Little Rock

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business ballot for Little Rock, Arkansas, run at littlerock.communityvotes.com across twelve confirmed categories, Automotive, Financial, Retail, and nine more, with nominations for the current cycle opening in August 2024 ahead of the active 2025 edition and its category-by-category public vote.

• CommunityVotes Livonia

  CommunityVotes Livonia is a locally run business recognition ballot for Livonia, Michigan, at livonia.communityvotes.com, confirmed for three editions, 2022, 2024, and 2026, with nothing published for 2023 or 2025. The 2026 window is open May 16 through September 13; confirm categories and vote caps on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Longview

  Unlike Texas's big-metro "Best of" ballots, CommunityVotes Longview is a single-city network page for Longview, Texas, at longviewtx.communityvotes.com. Nominations opened June 3 and close September 27 in the confirmed 2026 cycle. Past that window, the page lists no category breakdown and no separate vote cap; even so, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lowell

  lowell.communityvotes.com has stood confirmed across three straight years, 2024 through 2026, run through a local CommunityVotes partner for Lowell, Massachusetts. This program is distinct from the separately run Lowell Sun Readers Choice program in the same city. The 2026 nomination window runs July 3 through October 25; no category list or vote cap shows up past it, the live ballot itself settles both each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Lynn

  Most Massachusetts readers'-choice ballots answer to a magazine or a newspaper. CommunityVotes Lynn doesn't; it's part of a national network instead, hosted at lynn.communityvotes.com for this Massachusetts city. Two editions are confirmed, 2024 and 2026, though the confirmed archive trail goes quiet in between. The 2026 nomination window runs July 3 through October 25. Past that window, the page names no category list and no fixed vote cap; even now, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Manchester

  CommunityVotes Manchester is Metroland's readers-choice business ballot covering New Hampshire's largest city, at manchesternh.communityvotes.com. The 2026 nomination period is confirmed open from August 2 through November 29. No category list or vote cap is published beyond that window; confirm both on the live site.

• CommunityVotes Maple Grove

  CommunityVotes Maple Grove is Maple Grove, Minnesota's stop on the same CommunityVotes circuit, hosted at maplegrove.communityvotes.com under a locally based partner. Three editions back the page, spanning 2023, 2025 and 2026, and this year's cycle already shows results posted in August 2026. Paradise Car Wash and M2 Financial Group back the page as featured supporters, though no category roster or per-supporter vote limit is published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Melbourne

  Three confirmed editions, 2024 through 2026, sit behind CommunityVotes Melbourne, a readers' choice business ballot for Melbourne, Florida, run at melbournefl.communityvotes.com. The confirmed 2026 nomination window runs June 17 through October 11. Past that window, no category list or vote cap has been published yet. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Minot

  CommunityVotes Minot is Metroland Media's annual readers-choice business program at minot.communityvotes.com. The 2025 cycle is confirmed; 2026 is expected to follow the same annual pattern but isn't independently confirmed live. No category list, nomination window, or vote cap has surfaced publicly for this specific market.

• CommunityVotes Murfreesboro

  Murfreesboro, Tennessee hosts a CommunityVotes ballot at murfreesboro.communityvotes.com, organized locally under the national CommunityVotes network. The page frames itself as an annual vote where Murfreesboro residents pick their own favorite local businesses. Three editions are on the confirmed page, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and by July 2026 the site had already posted results and thanked participants for taking part. Exact day-level open and close dates, which categories the ballot judges, and any per-voter rule stay unpublished; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Nampa

  Nampa, Idaho, in Canyon County, hosts CommunityVotes Nampa at nampa.communityvotes.com through a local CommunityVotes partner. Two editions are confirmed, 2025 and 2026, with nominations that have historically opened somewhere in the September-to-December stretch. The 2026 cycle has already run its course, publishing voting results and announcing winners in July 2026. A category roster, a vote cap, and exact nomination or voting dates are not published; the live ballot is what settles all three, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Naperville

  CommunityVotes Naperville is a community-choice business ballot for Naperville, Illinois, run at naperville.communityvotes.com, where 2026 nominations stay open from July 2 to October 25. Past that window, the site does not publish a specific category breakdown or a per-voter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Nashua

  Nashua, New Hampshire runs its own CommunityVotes ballot at nashua.communityvotes.com, a separate market page from the CommunityVotes ballot covering Manchester. Confirmed editions stand at two, 2024 and 2025, and the current nomination window sits open from August 2 through November 29. Once that window closes, the platform's own labeling points toward a Voting Period next; the exact date for it belongs on the live page, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• CommunityVotes New Haven

  CommunityVotes New Haven's annual readers-choice business awards at newhaven.communityvotes.com, with nominations opening December 2024 and confirmed categories spanning Food & Drink and Services. Active cycles are confirmed for both 2025 and 2026, and updates post to the program's Facebook page, NewHavenVotes; confirm the current nomination window on the live site each cycle.

• CommunityVotes New Rochelle

  Two editions, 2025 and 2026, are the entire confirmed history behind CommunityVotes New Rochelle, the CommunityVotes network's business poll for New Rochelle, New York, in Westchester County. The live 2026 page at newrochelle.communityvotes.com puts the nomination window at July 16 through November 8. Nothing else about the ballot is published; confirm it on the live site each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Newark

  Metroland's CommunityVotes readers-choice program for Newark, New Jersey, run at newark.communityvotes.com. As of this record the 2026 cycle has already closed: winners were announced in June 2026, with made-to-order awards taking 6-8 weeks to arrive. It is a separate program from CommunityVotes Jersey City, run by the same network in a different Essex-County-adjacent market.

• CommunityVotes Newport News

  CommunityVotes runs CommunityVotes Newport News, a readers'-choice business ballot for Newport News, Virginia, hosted at newportnews.communityvotes.com through a local affiliate. Editions are confirmed for 2023, 2025 and 2026, with nothing published naming a 2024 edition for this particular market. The 2026 voting stage closed in August, and the page already shows results with a note thanking participants. Category names and any per-supporter vote limit are missing from the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Norfolk VA

  Norfolk, Virginia is home to CommunityVotes Norfolk, run by a local CommunityVotes partner. The program's page confirms two prior rounds, 2024 and 2026, and by August 2026 the site had already posted results and named winners for the current cycle. Categories and a per-voter limit sit outside anything published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle before the next round opens.

• CommunityVotes North Las Vegas

  A nominate-then-vote awards platform built for North Las Vegas specifically, covering consumer service and business categories across the city's own 280,000-resident municipality.

• CommunityVotes Norwalk

  CommunityVotes Norwalk CT's readers-choice business awards run at norwalkct.communityvotes.com, with the 2025 cycle confirmed active and nominations for that cycle opening back in December 2023. No category list, close date, or vote cap has surfaced publicly, so confirm those specifics on the live site before building a campaign around this ballot.

• CommunityVotes O'Fallon

  O'Fallon, Missouri hosts its own page inside the CommunityVotes network, organized through a local partner rather than a newspaper or magazine staff, at ofallon.communityvotes.com. The confirmed public history behind that page covers two rounds so far, an earlier one in 2023 and the current round labeled for 2026, open for nominations May 15 through September 13. The page itself frames the ballot as open to "the community," and what happens once that window closes, from a category roster to a per-voter limit, is left for O'Fallon's own page to answer; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Odessa

  CommunityVotes Odessa is a community-choice business ballot for Odessa, Texas, run at odessa.communityvotes.com, with 2026 nominations confirmed open from August 16 through December 13. Past that window, what categories exist or how a vote count gets capped is not stated. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Olathe

  Olathe, Kansas runs its own city-specific edition of the national CommunityVotes readers-choice platform at olathe.communityvotes.com, separate from Overland Park's and Topeka's editions elsewhere in the state. A June 2-September 27 nomination window for 2026 is printed directly on the page and backed by an open market-listing status. Nothing about the category slate, a vote cap, or a voting-close date appears past that window.

• CommunityVotes Oshkosh

  CommunityVotes' annual Oshkosh readers-choice awards, voted at oshkosh.communityvotes.com across local businesses. Nominations opened in January 2025 for that cycle, and the program is now running its 2026 ballot; the category list, vote cap, and exact 2026 dates aren't published anywhere found, so confirm them on the live site.

• CommunityVotes Overland Park

  CommunityVotes Overland Park's own business readers-choice ballot at overlandpark.communityvotes.com, run separately from the Kansas City-wide CommunityVotes program and from Best of Johnson County and Best of KC, the two other ballots already covering the same suburb. No confirmed category list or vote cap is published for Overland Park specifically.

• CommunityVotes Palm Coast

  Palm Coast, Florida hosts CommunityVotes Palm Coast, organized by a local CommunityVotes partner at palmcoast.communityvotes.com. Its confirmed history runs two editions deep, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 nomination window open July 4 through October 25. Past that window, Palm Coast's live ballot is what actually settles any category list or vote cap, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Parma

  Parma, Ohio gets its own readers' choice business ballot, CommunityVotes Parma, through the CommunityVotes network, hosted at parma.communityvotes.com. The 2026 nomination period is confirmed open from June 16 through October 11. Past that window, which categories qualify and whether a vote limit applies stay unpublished on parma.communityvotes.com; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Pasadena TX

  Pasadena, Texas's business ballot runs through a local CommunityVotes partner at pasadenatx.communityvotes.com. Voting opened Wednesday, August 12 at 6 a.m. and closes Sunday, September 13 at 11:59 p.m., a second year on the platform after debuting in 2025. The page prints that window and nothing further; whether categories exist, or how often a supporter may click vote, is left for the ballot itself to answer.

• CommunityVotes Pawtucket

  CommunityVotes Pawtucket, organized through a local CommunityVotes partner at pawtucket.communityvotes.com, shows back-to-back dated editions for 2025 and 2026, a steadier trail than several other CommunityVotes markets in Rhode Island can currently claim. The 2026 stage sits in active voting now, opening Wednesday, August 26 and closing Sunday, September 27. A published category breakdown and a repeat-voting rule are both absent from that page. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either one.

• CommunityVotes Pearland

  Pearland, Texas's CommunityVotes ballot has already moved into its results stage, with pearland.communityvotes.com thanking voters and linking to the winners. August 2026 is the only confirmed month for this cycle; no exact opening or closing day is printed. A category breakdown is missing too, along with any stated rule on voting frequency.

• CommunityVotes Pembroke Pines

  Pembroke Pines, Florida hosts CommunityVotes Pembroke Pines, a ballot a local partner runs for CommunityVotes at pembrokepines.communityvotes.com. 2024 and 2026 are the two confirmed editions, and 2025 sits missing between them. The most recent cycle's August 2026 voting window has already closed, and the page now shows results plus a note that winner awards are produced to order. Neither the award categories nor a limit on repeat voting shows up anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Peoria AZ

  CommunityVotes Peoria AZ asks Peoria, Arizona readers to nominate favorite local businesses on the CommunityVotes network's own address, peoriaaz.communityvotes.com. Two nomination cycles stand confirmed, 2024 and 2025, and the window now running opened May 17 and closes September 13. Past that stretch the page stays quiet, offering no category roster, no per-voter limit, no voting-stage date. Each gap is a live-ballot question, not a settled fact here.

• CommunityVotes Peoria IL

  CommunityVotes Peoria IL runs a public business voting program at peoriail.communityvotes.com. It operates independently of YourChoiceAwards, the separate company behind the Peoria Journal Star's Community's Choice ballot, and no published category list, vote cap, or fixed calendar accompanies the confirmed operator name and URL.

• CommunityVotes Port St. Lucie

  Port St. Lucie, Florida hosts CommunityVotes Port St. Lucie, a ballot a Port St. Lucie-based partner keeps running for CommunityVotes at portstlucie.communityvotes.com. Two confirmed editions run back to back, 2025 and 2026, with no gap year between them. The most recent cycle's August 2026 voting window has already closed, and the page shows results along with a list of sponsor businesses that backed the campaign. Neither a set of award categories nor a repeat-voting limit shows up anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Providence

  A Metroland Media readers' poll for Providence-proper businesses only, running nominate-then-vote across 120+ categories and awarding four tiers, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze, plus a separate Top Pick honor.

• CommunityVotes Pueblo

  CommunityVotes' readers'-choice ballot for Pueblo, Colorado, runs at pueblo.communityvotes.com. Two editions are confirmed, 2023 and 2026, and the 2026 site itself states results were posted in June once voting closed. Categories, a vote limit, and day-level dates for the current cycle stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Rancho Cucamonga

  CommunityVotes Rancho Cucamonga has confirmed two straight nomination editions, 2025 and 2026, on the CommunityVotes network's dedicated page at ranchocucamonga.communityvotes.com. The live 2026 window runs July 18 through November 8. Past that window, the page shows no category list and no specific vote cap; all the same, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Rapid City

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Rapid City and Pennington County, South Dakota's second-largest market, spanning 120-plus local business categories through open nomination then finalist voting.

• CommunityVotes Reading

  Reading, Pennsylvania's own CommunityVotes ballot runs at reading.communityvotes.com for the city known locally as the Pretzel City. Archived pages tie the address to five straight confirmed editions, 2022 through 2026, with the live 2026 page putting nominations open from July 15 through November 8. Past that window, the page keeps both a category rundown and any vote cap unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Redwood City

  CommunityVotes Redwood City serves Redwood City, California from redwoodcity.communityvotes.com, organized by a partner working locally. Only two rounds have run so far, 2025 and then 2026, and the second one is over, the operator swapped in a winners page during June. Several details never made it onto the site, no breakdown of categories, no stated limit on votes per supporter, and no exact calendar date for either end of the window. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Renton

  Renton, Washington's CommunityVotes ballot runs at renton.communityvotes.com under a local partner. Three confirmed years back it, 2024 through 2026, longer than several nearby CommunityVotes markets, with the 2026 round's results posted in August. Winners who order an award should plan on a six-to-eight-week wait for it to arrive. The page sets no category list and states no per-voter limit for supporters.

• CommunityVotes Roanoke

  Where do Roanoke, Virginia supporters go to back a favorite business? roanoke.communityvotes.com, operated through a local CommunityVotes partner. Two editions back this ballot, 2023 and 2026, and by August 2026 the page had already swapped its ballot for a results announcement naming winners. Neither a category list nor a per-voter rule is published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Rochester

  CommunityVotes Rochester's annual Minnesota readers-choice ballot at rochestermn.communityvotes.com, where the 2026 cycle confirms four active categories, General Contractors, Thrift Stores, Museums, and Flea Market, a narrower published list than most CommunityVotes sister cities in the state disclose this early in a cycle.

• CommunityVotes Rochester, New York

  CommunityVotes Rochester, New York is a community-voting business awards program run by a local CommunityVotes affiliate at rochesterny.communityvotes.com. Three editions are confirmed for the market, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and the current nomination stage runs July 16 through November 8. A category roster, a per-voter limit, and any separate voting-stage schedule are not published past that window; each depends on whatever the live ballot states once nominating closes.

• CommunityVotes Rock Hill

  Rock Hill, South Carolina's CommunityVotes ballot has its 2026 voting stage open now, from 6:00 am on August 12 to 11:59 pm on September 13, hosted at rockhill.communityvotes.com through a CommunityVotes affiliate. A trio of editions stands behind the program already, 2024 into 2026. Which categories apply, and whether any daily limit caps a supporter's ballot, stays off the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Rockford

  CommunityVotes Rockford runs a business voting program at rockford.communityvotes.com, with a FAQ page confirmed live for the 2025 cycle. No published category list, vote cap, or fixed calendar accompanies the confirmed organizer name and URL, so the live site itself is the only real authority on this year's rules.

• CommunityVotes Saginaw

  CommunityVotes has run its Saginaw, Michigan ballot for five straight years, 2022 through 2026, longer than most CommunityVotes markets in the state. It's hosted at saginaw.communityvotes.com for the Saginaw County seat. The 2026 nomination window runs May 16 through September 13. Past that window, the page names no category list and no separate vote cap; check the live ballot each cycle for either detail.

• CommunityVotes San Leandro

  A San Leandro-based partner runs CommunityVotes San Leandro under the wider CommunityVotes network, publishing at sanleandro.communityvotes.com. This ballot has run twice, once in 2025 and again in 2026, and the 2026 round already wrapped in August. The live page shows posted results and notes that winner awards are being made to order. Category rules, a vote limit and the exact day-level dates all stay off the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Scranton (Times-Tribune)

  The Times-Tribune runs its Scranton and Wilkes-Barre readers' choice program on the CommunityVotes platform at scranton.communityvotes.com, confirmed live as "CommunityVotes Scranton 2026" with nominations running July 15 through November 8, matching the same window Erie's edition uses.

• CommunityVotes Shawnee

  Shawnee, Kansas sits inside Johnson County in the Kansas City metro, and the CommunityVotes network runs the city's own readers' choice business ballot, CommunityVotes Shawnee, at shawnee.communityvotes.com. Nominations for the 2026 cycle opened June 2 and stay open through September 27. Which categories apply and how many votes a supporter gets go unstated past that date; confirm both on the live site.

• CommunityVotes Sioux Falls

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Sioux Falls and the surrounding South Dakota metro, spanning 120-plus local business categories with open nominations followed by a finalist voting round.

• CommunityVotes South Bend Best Of

  CommunityVotes South Bend 2025, backed by the South Bend Tribune, runs its readers-choice ballot at southbend.communityvotes.com, with the confirmed 2025 cycle voting October 15 through November 16. No public category list, vote cap, or prior-winner record is confirmed beyond that window and the official site.

• CommunityVotes Springfield

  CommunityVotes Springfield runs a nominate-then-vote business ballot for Massachusetts's third-largest city, at springfieldma.communityvotes.com. July 3 through October 25 spans the confirmed 2026 nomination stretch here. Archived pages tie the address to 2024 too, though 2025 doesn't carry that same year-specific confirmation. That window's category list and vote cap don't appear anywhere on springfieldma.communityvotes.com, so treat the live ballot itself each cycle as the place to check for either detail.

• CommunityVotes Springfield

  Four confirmed editions, 2022 through 2026 with one quiet year in between, back CommunityVotes Springfield, the CommunityVotes network's business poll for Springfield, Missouri. The 2026 window at springfieldmo.communityvotes.com runs May 15 through September 13. Whether categories exist or a vote cap applies isn't answered anywhere published, so treat Springfield's live ballot as the only place to confirm either one each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Springfield IL

  CommunityVotes Springfield IL runs a public business voting program at springfieldil.communityvotes.com. It operates separately from YourChoiceAwards' Springfield Community's Choice and Illinois Times' Best of Springfield, two other named local ballots, and no published category list, vote cap, or fixed calendar accompanies the confirmed operator name and URL.

• CommunityVotes St. Cloud

  Four confirmed editions run behind CommunityVotes St. Cloud, spanning 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. That is a full run of annual history, yet the organizer's own page for the 2026 cycle, now showing results posted in August 2026, still keeps its category roster and its per-supporter vote limit unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Stamford

  CommunityVotes Stamford's readers-choice business awards run at stamford.communityvotes.com, with the 2025 cycle confirmed active on the CommunityVotes platform. A category list, nomination window, and vote cap have yet to surface anywhere public, so confirm those specifics on the live site before building a campaign around this ballot.

• CommunityVotes Suffolk VA

  Suffolk, Virginia hosts CommunityVotes Suffolk, a ballot a local partner runs on behalf of the national CommunityVotes network at suffolkva.communityvotes.com. Three confirmed editions stand behind it, 2023, 2025 and 2026, skipping 2024 entirely. The most recent cycle's August 2026 voting window has already closed, and the page currently shows results rather than an open ballot. Neither the categories a business can enter nor any limit on repeat voting appear anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Sugar Land

  Sugar Land, Texas's CommunityVotes ballot has moved into its results stage for 2026, the second year straight this market has run since a 2025 start. A note on the page explains that winners' awards are made-to-order and take 6 to 8 weeks to arrive. Exact voting dates beyond August, a category list, and a voting limit are not printed anywhere on it.

• CommunityVotes Surprise

  CommunityVotes Surprise invites Surprise, Arizona readers to nominate favorite local businesses at surprise.communityvotes.com, run through a local CommunityVotes partner. Three nomination cycles are confirmed, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and nominations are open right now, May 17 through September 13. Past that window, no category roster, no per-voter limit, no voting-stage date sit on the page; each remains a live-ballot question rather than a settled fact.

• CommunityVotes Syracuse

  CommunityVotes Syracuse is Metroland Media's readers-choice business awards program for the Greater Syracuse area, run through nomination and voting rounds at syracuse.communityvotes.com rather than the parent company's general communityvotes.com site. The 2025 and 2026 cycles are both confirmed active; no vote totals, category list, or fixed calendar are published.

• CommunityVotes Tallahassee

  Unlike Best of Tallahassee's long-running local poll, CommunityVotes Tallahassee is organized through a local CommunityVotes partner on the national network's platform at tallahassee.communityvotes.com. Its proven history stands at 2024 plus 2026, and by August 2026 the cycle had already moved past voting into its results stage. Exactly which categories ran, and how many times one supporter could vote, needs confirming on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Tempe

  Where does a Tempe supporter actually go to back a local favorite in CommunityVotes Tempe? tempe.communityvotes.com, run through a local CommunityVotes partner rather than a Tempe city agency. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2021 and 2025, four years apart rather than back to back, and the live page keeps its current nomination window open May 17 through September 13. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle for anything past that window.

• CommunityVotes Toledo

  CommunityVotes Toledo is the CommunityVotes network's readers' choice business ballot for Toledo, Ohio, hosted at toledo.communityvotes.com, separate from the Toledo Blade's Readers' Choice program and Toledo City Paper's own best-of ballot. Nominations opened June 16 and stay open through October 11 this cycle; confirm the rest on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Topeka

  CommunityVotes Topeka is a separate readers-choice business ballot at topeka.communityvotes.com, run by the CommunityVotes network rather than the Topeka Capital-Journal's Gannett-run Community's Choice Awards. Same city, different organizer, different platform, and a nomination step that has nothing to do with the Capital-Journal's five-tier results.

• CommunityVotes Tyler

  CommunityVotes runs CommunityVotes Tyler, a readers'-choice business ballot for Tyler, in East Texas, at tyler.communityvotes.com. Archived pages place the site online across three separate years, yet only 2023 and the current 2026 run stand as confirmed nomination editions; a middle year shows the page was simply reachable, nothing that proves a full cycle actually ran. Exactly how many categories the ballot sorts entries into, and how often any one supporter may return to vote, goes unstated; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Utica

  Metroland Media's annual CommunityVotes readers-choice awards for Utica and the Mohawk Valley, run through open nomination followed by public voting at utica.communityvotes.com. The 2025 cycle is confirmed; 2026 is expected but not yet live, and no category count or vote cap is published anywhere in the record.

• CommunityVotes Vancouver WA

  The name Vancouver belongs to more than one city, and vancouverwa.communityvotes.com is the address that pins this CommunityVotes ballot to Vancouver, Washington, run by a local partner as its own Southwest Washington market. Two confirmed years back it, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 round's results posted in August. The page never lists the ballot's categories, and it stays silent on whether a supporter can vote more than once; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Waco

  CommunityVotes Waco is a community-choice business ballot for Waco, Texas, run at waco.communityvotes.com, where 2026 nominations are open from August 16 to December 13. Whether a set list of categories or a limit on votes per person applies past that isn't stated anywhere on the site; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Waterbury

  CommunityVotes Waterbury's annual readers-choice business awards, voted at waterbury.communityvotes.com, with nominations open December 2 through March 23 ahead of public voting. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active; the category list and any vote cap are not published here, so confirm both directly on the site.

• CommunityVotes Wichita Falls

  Wichita Falls, Texas is where CommunityVotes Wichita Falls runs, licensed locally to a Texas-based CommunityVotes partner at wichitafalls.communityvotes.com. Its dated history spans exactly 2024 and 2026 so far, and by August 2026 the page had already swapped its ballot for a results screen, thanking supporters and pointing toward a winners list. Only the month of that swap is proven; categories, a vote limit, and the exact closing day all confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Wilmington

  Metroland Media's annual open public vote for Wilmington-area local businesses, spanning 120-plus categories at wilmingtonde.communityvotes.com, confirmed active for the 2025 and 2026 cycles.

• CommunityVotes Wilmington NC

  Wilmington, North Carolina's CommunityVotes ballot has closed out three straight confirmed years, 2024, 2025 and 2026, with the newest result posted in June at wilmingtonnc.communityvotes.com. A local partner runs it on the network's behalf. Once that result went live, the page stopped naming anything further, no category breakdown, no supporter limit, and no date yet for a fourth round. The live ballot itself, not last year's pattern, is where those specifics will actually show up.

• CommunityVotes Winston-Salem

  CommunityVotes Winston-Salem's own published history counts exactly two editions, 2024 and 2026, and 2025 simply never appears on that list, unexplained. A partner licensed locally for Winston-Salem, North Carolina keeps the ballot running at winstonsalem.communityvotes.com, where the 2026 window opens at 6:00 in the morning on Wednesday, August 12 and runs until 11:59 that night on Sunday, September 13. A separate promote page sits alongside the main address for businesses wanting extra visibility. Categories and any per-voter ceiling stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• CommunityVotes Yonkers

  Westchester County's largest city gets its own CommunityVotes page: CommunityVotes Yonkers, a readers' choice business poll for Yonkers, New York, run at yonkers.communityvotes.com, where 2026 nominations opened July 16 and stay open through November 8, with two confirmed editions, 2024 and 2026, behind it. Beyond that window, the site doesn't publish a category list, and it doesn't publish a vote cap either; check the live site directly for both.

• Connecticut Gatorade Football Player of the Year

  Gatorade's annual football honor for Connecticut, chosen by nomination and a state selection panel rather than public ballot. The 2024-25 recipient played quarterback at Brunswick School in Greenwich, threw for 1,589 yards and 16 touchdowns, and verbally committed to Notre Dame football. No vote exists to cast.

• Connecticut High School Athlete of the Week

  WFSB Channel 3 — Connecticut's CBS affiliate — runs a statewide fan poll at wfsb.com each week of the CIAC sports calendar. The winner is announced live on the Friday 6 pm newscast and again on Friday Night Football at 11:15 pm, covering all sports, all classes, all eight Connecticut counties.

• Connecticut High School Baseball Player of the Week

  High School on SI (SBLive Sports) runs Connecticut's weekly prep sports fan votes at si.com/high-school/connecticut, the same hub already hosting the state's football and lacrosse Player of the Week polls. A standalone baseball ballot has not been independently confirmed yet, but CIAC governs the sport statewide and the platform's spring-poll pattern points to one landing on that hub during the season.

• Connecticut High School Baseball Player of the Year

  High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) runs a statewide spring-season fan vote at si.com/high-school/connecticut naming the top CIAC baseball player. Voting is free and unrestricted — any Connecticut fan can cast unlimited votes with no account required. The 2025 ballot featured nominees including a Joel Barlow senior committed to Marist College and a pitcher posting a 1.85 ERA.

• Connecticut High School Basketball Player of the Week

  A winter fan-vote question with an honest answer: SI's High School on SI / SBLive network runs Connecticut's football, lacrosse, baseball, and softball Player of the Week polls on si.com/high-school/connecticut, but its winter basketball coverage there centers on CIAC state bracket updates and team rankings rather than a confirmed standalone weekly ballot — check the live hub each week before assuming one is running.

• Connecticut High School Boys Lacrosse Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive weekly fan vote for the best Connecticut prep boys lacrosse performance. SI editors set the 8–11-player field each week; anyone can vote at si.com without an account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a statewide poll run entirely during the spring season.

• Connecticut High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI's statewide Connecticut fan vote: Andy Villamarzo's editors nominate 8–10 players each week across all CIAC divisions and private schools, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. — the same timeline as the SI Texas statewide polls, unlike the longer Monday window given to SI's Texas regional polls.

• Connecticut High School Girls Lacrosse Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a weekly fan vote each spring for the top Connecticut girls lacrosse performance. Editors nominate 8–9 players, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same platform as the football poll but a completely separate spring field.

• Connecticut High School Player of the Year

  High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) runs a statewide annual fan-vote each season crowning the top Connecticut prep athlete by sport. Voting is free, unrestricted, and hosted at si.com/high-school/connecticut. The 2024 football winner, Windsor QB John Manning, drew 22,288 votes statewide.

• Connecticut High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs this statewide fan vote at si.com each week of the Connecticut spring softball season — April through June. Editors nominate 8–10 pitchers and hitters, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Unlike some polls, SI explicitly states it "does not set limits on how many times a fan can vote."

• Connecticut Magazine's Best of CT

  Connecticut Magazine's annual reader-nomination-and-vote contest spanning dozens of categories, from Best Restaurants to Top Dentists, decided by 380,000+ monthly print and online readers.

• Corpus Christi Community's Choice Awards (Caller-Times)

  Corpus Christi, Texas gets its own readers'-choice ballot from the Caller-Times: the Community's Choice Awards, run through Second Street's caller.gannettcontests.com listing. Four separate years have each produced a confirmed edition, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with the most recent voting stage open July 9 through July 24 before it closed. The page names no category and fixes no per-voter number anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• County 10 Riverton Holiday Festival Home Decorating Contest

  Fremont County, Wyoming's holiday home-decorating ballot runs through County 10 at county10.secondstreetapp.com, a Second Street nominate-then-vote page for the best-decorated houses of the season. County 10 has confirmed the ballot for two winters running, 2024 alongside 2025, and the most recent voting window ran December 8 through December 23, 2025. Past that window, County 10's own ballot page is what actually settles a category list or a vote limit, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• County 17's Best

  County 17's annual Campbell County readers'-choice program at county17.com/best/, branded this cycle as Readers' Choice 2026. Nominations closed April 19, public voting opened May 20, and County 17 confirms no pay-to-play placement, so a business's own turnout decides its category rather than a paid tier.

• Courier Cares Christmas Lighting Contest

  Prescott, Arizona's Prescott Daily Courier runs the Courier Cares Christmas Lighting Contest on Second Street at dcourier.secondstreetapp.com, a user-submitted photo contest rather than a business ballot. The confirmed 2025 window ran November 28 through December 20, the organizer's second confirmed year after 2024. Unlike the Prescott Daily Courier's other Arizona programs, this one asks residents to submit photos of their own holiday lighting rather than nominate a business. No category list or vote limit is published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Courier Journal Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at courier-journal.com recognising standout Louisville-metro prep athletes across every KHSAA sports season. Published by The Courier Journal (Gannett / USA TODAY Network) via SecondStreet; one vote per hour per device, no account required, closes Thursday or Friday — a tighter window than Kentucky's statewide SI poll, which runs to Sunday with unlimited votes.

• Courier Journal Louisville Boys Athlete of the Week

  The Courier Journal's (Gannett / USA Today Network) Louisville-metro weekly fan vote for the best boys prep performance across all sports. Closes Thursday at 6:00 p.m. — earlier and shorter than the statewide SBLive/SI polls — and covers every sport from football to tennis in the Jefferson County metro area. Nomination contact is Prince James Story at [email protected].

• Courier Journal Louisville Girls Athlete of the Week

  The Courier Journal's weekly fan vote honoring the top female prep athlete in the Louisville metro across every sport. The ballot closes Thursday at 6 p.m. — earlier than most statewide polls — and the winner is announced the following morning, giving Louisville-area campaigns a compressed, three-to-four-day window to move.

• Courier-Post South Jersey Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The Courier-Post / Atlantic City Electric weekly fan vote for South Jersey high school girls basketball — run by Gannett on courierpostonline.com and syndicated to Yahoo Sports. Fifteen-nominee ballot covering the Cape-Atlantic League, Colonial Conference, SICL, and Tri-County Conference, closing Sunday with a per-device voting pattern unlike the unlimited SI polls.

• Cutest Dad in Hudson County (Hoboken Girl)

  Hoboken Girl, the Hudson County lifestyle blog covering Hoboken and Jersey City, runs Cutest Dad in Hudson County entirely on its own site at hobokengirl.com rather than through an outside voting platform. Four editions are confirmed: 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2025. The archived 2021 page set the nomination deadline as Thursday, June 10, then told readers to watch for what followed. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Dachshund Rescue of Bucks County and NJ Cutie Pie Calendar Contest

  Confirmed years run 2014, then 2016 through 2024, backing the DRBC Cutie Pie Calendar Contest, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania rescue's own photo fundraiser that GoGo Photo Contest hosts at gogophotocontest.com/drbc. The live page confirms entries for the 2027 calendar open September 21, with a $20,000 fundraising goal posted right alongside the gallery. Past that, DRBC hasn't printed a category breakdown or a per-voter ceiling anywhere on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Dachshund Rescue South Florida Calendar Contest

  Dachshund Rescue South Florida, based in Davie, Florida, runs its own photo fundraiser at gogophotocontest.com/dachshundrescuesouthflorida through GoGo Photo Contest. Unlike a multi-business readers'-choice ballot, this is one rescue's own dog-photo calendar drive: voting for the 2027 calendar is confirmed open from 12:00 AM Eastern on September 1, 2026 through 11:59:59 PM Eastern on September 30, 2026. The rescue hasn't posted a category breakdown or named a vote ceiling past that point; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Bulletin Readers' Choice

  Inland Valley Daily Bulletin's annual readers-choice ballot for San Bernardino County and the wider Inland Empire, hosted on the shared SCNG readerschoice.la platform. It runs as a sister program to the Daily News RC ballot in Los Angeles County, with results published each year in an Issuu digital edition.

• Daily Chronicle DeKalb County Athlete of the Week

  Unlike several other Illinois newspapers running their own separate athlete-of-the-week ballots, the Daily Chronicle runs DeKalb County Athlete of the Week at dekalbdailychronicle.secondstreetapp.com, now in its third confirmed season, 2024-25 through 2026-27. The live vote is Week 3, open September 13 through September 15, 2026, and the page states voting ends Tuesday at noon. A category list and any per-voter limit stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Courier Readers' Choice Awards

  Forest City, North Carolina's Daily Courier Readers' Choice Awards runs on Second Street at thedigitalcourier.secondstreetapp.com, hosted by The Daily Courier. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2023, 2024, and 2026, with the most recent window running May 4 through June 23, 2026. Past that window, the page stays silent on categories and on any per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Gazette Best of Greene County

  Greene County, New York's Best of Greene County ballot runs through the Daily Gazette, the Schenectady-based newspaper. Voting happens at dailygazette.secondstreetapp.com through Second Street. 3 confirmed ballot years back the program: 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the most recent round opening December 15, 2024 and closing February 24, 2025. Past that window, exactly which award categories exist and how often a supporter may return both stay unwritten, so a Greene County business should confirm on the live ballot each cycle rather than assume.

• Daily Gazette Best of the Best

  Schenectady, New York's Daily Gazette runs Daily Gazette Best of the Best on dailygazette.secondstreetapp.com through the paper's own Second Street ballot. Four editions are confirmed, 2022 through 2025, the most recent nomination-and-voting window opening July 13 and closing September 15, 2025. Once that window closes, Daily Gazette's live page is what actually sets the next category list, any vote cap, or the following year's dates, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Gazette Nurse of the Year

  Daily Gazette's Nurse of the Year 2026 combines nomination and voting into a single ballot, run April 26 through June 1, 2026, at dailygazette.secondstreetapp.com. Daily Gazette is a Schenectady, New York newspaper, and the program is its nurse-recognition ballot for that market. Four editions are confirmed, 2019, then 2024, 2025 and 2026, with no edition published in the years between. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Gazette Reader's Choice

  Schenectady, New York's Daily Gazette runs Reader's Choice on dailygazette.secondstreetapp.com through its own Second Street market. Rather than a combined nominate-and-vote listing, the platform lists this promotion as a voting-only ballot. Two editions are confirmed, 2024 and 2025, the most recent window running September 13 through October 6, 2025. Past that window, Daily Gazette's live page is what actually sets the next category list, any vote cap, or the following year's dates, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Hampshire Gazette Readers' Choice

  The Daily Hampshire Gazette's annual Readers' Choice ballot, run by the daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts, covering Hampshire County and the Pioneer Valley. Voting runs online at gazettenet.com; confirm the category list and dates on the live 2026 ballot each cycle.

• Daily Herald Readers' Choice

  Daily Herald's Readers' Choice awards, voted at readerschoice.dailyherald.com and live for the 2026 cycle, cover the paper's suburban Chicago footprint across Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties. Category list, cap, and close date aren't published beyond the live site each cycle.

• Daily Iberian Dress Your Pet Photo Contest

  The Daily Iberian runs the Dress Your Pet Photo Contest, a Louisiana pet-photo ballot that lives on the Second Street network's thedailyiberian.secondstreetapp.com address. Two confirmed editions exist, 2022 and 2026, with nothing published for the years between them; the 2026 window ran January 21 through March 7 and is already closed. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Journal Readers Choice (Tupelo)

  129+ categories, one Northeast Mississippi newspaper, and a Lee County trade area that runs well past the Tupelo city line: that's the Daily Journal Readers Choice ballot in one line.

• Daily Post-Athenian Halloween Coloring Contest

  Unlike a business "best of" ballot, the Daily Post-Athenian's Halloween Coloring Contest is a kids' photo-voting entry for Athens, Tennessee, run on Second Street at dailypostathenian.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions run 2020 through 2025, the most recent closing November 3, 2025. No 2026 date has posted yet; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Daily Progress Charlottesville Readers' Choice

  Daily Progress's annual Charlottesville readers' choice ballot at dailyprogress.com/exclusive/readerschoice/ballot-2025/, run separately from C-VILLE Weekly's own Best of Charlottesville poll. Categories, vote caps, and exact dates are not yet public; confirm each on the live ballot page every cycle.

• Daily Reflector Best Of Pitt County

  The Daily Reflector's Readers' Choice Awards for Pitt, Beaufort, Greene, Lenoir, and Martin counties, a two-stage open-nomination-then-public-vote program that drew 148,679 votes in its 2025 cycle.

• Dallas / North Texas High School Football Player of the Week

  The SBLive / High School on SI regional fan vote for the best Dallas-Fort Worth prep football performance of the week. Editors pick the nominees, anyone can vote with no account, and — unlike the statewide Texas polls — it closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, giving DFW campaigns an extra day to work.

• Dallas Morning News Best in DFW

  The Dallas Morning News runs Best in DFW, a people's choice ballot covering North Texas at dallasnews.com/best-in-dfw. Three confirmed editions run 2024 through 2026; the 2026 nomination window opened April 20, and the 2025 voting round ran through June 30. Confirm exact current dates on the live ballot each cycle.

• Dalton Daily Citizen Readers' Choice

  Where do Dalton, Georgia supporters vote in Dalton Daily Citizen Readers' Choice? At thedailycitizen.secondstreetapp.com, the Second Street ballot The Daily Citizen runs each year. Two confirmed editions back it, 2025 and 2026, with the most recent window running June 5 through July 30, 2026. Past that window, what is actually published goes quiet fast; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for whatever comes next.

• Dan's Best of the Best: North Fork

  Annual Dan's Papers readers-choice awards for North Fork businesses across Riverhead, Southold, and Greenport, voted separately from the South Fork ballot at dansbotb.com/north-fork-voting/.

• Dan's Best of the Best: South Fork (Hamptons)

  Annual Dan's Papers readers-choice awards for South Fork / Hamptons businesses, with 400+ categories and a public summer ballot at dansbotb.com.

• Dave Campbell's Texas Football Quarterback of the Year

  The annual fan vote for Texas high school football's Quarterback of the Year, run by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Weekly QB of the Week winners from every UIL classification feed a finalist pool each season; the 2026 edition named six finalists on January 27, and the public vote decides the winner before the window closes in February.

• Dayton Daily News High School Athlete of the Week

  The Dayton Daily News / Cox Media Group multi-sport weekly fan vote for the best high school athletic performance across greater SW Ohio. Opens noon Monday, closes Wednesday end of day; covers football, soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, basketball, track, and more — boys and girls in a single weekly field. One win per athlete per season.

• Dayton High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly SW Ohio football fan-vote from Dayton Daily News / Cox Media Group, covering the Greater Dayton metro and surrounding counties; voting opens noon Monday, closes Wednesday end of day, with the winner announced Friday morning.

• DC MileSplit Girls Athlete of the Week

  A free girls-only track and cross country fan vote run by DC MileSplit at dc.milesplit.com, separate from Sports Illustrated's citywide DC athlete poll. Readers pick their favorite nominee straight from the article (no account needed) in a niche ballot built for one sport, not the whole Washington, D.C. prep calendar.

• Decatur Daily Best Of The Best

  Decatur Daily Best Of The Best is The Decatur Daily's readers-choice business ballot for Decatur, Alabama, run on the Second Street contest platform at decatur.secondstreetapp.com. Archived ballot pages confirm editions in 2016, 2024, and 2025, with voting held each September and the categories the ballot lists. Exact day-level dates for the current cycle: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Delaware Gazette 2026 Readers' Choice

  The Delaware Gazette's 2026 Readers' Choice is an open online vote for local businesses in Delaware, Ohio, roughly 100 categories strong, run by the county-seat newspaper north of Columbus rather than by any publication covering the coastal state that shares its name.

• Delaware Gazette Readers' Choice

  The Delaware Gazette's annual Readers' Choice ballot, run from delgazette.com in Delaware, Ohio rather than the U.S. state of Delaware, reached its 17th edition in 2025 and continued into 2026, though the paper has not published its category list, vote cap, or a public results archive for this guide.

• Delaware HBA Parade of Homes

  Home Builders Association of Delaware's annual Parade of Homes, run through hbade.org and confirmed active via HBADE's own Facebook page as of June 2026. No public category list, vote mechanic, or fixed dates are confirmed here; check hbade.org directly each cycle before promoting an entry.

• Delaware High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at delawareonline.com, presented by Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists, covering every DIAA-sanctioned sport across all three seasons. Voting runs Monday through Thursday with no account or cap. Run by Delaware Online / The News Journal (Gannett / USA TODAY Network); winner published Friday.

• Delaware High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award at si.com/high-school/delaware (High School on SI / SBLive), crowning Delaware's top prep football player each season. No vote cap, free to participate. Derian Cunningham of Middletown High School won the 2024 edition with 27,027 votes.

• Delaware Online Football Athlete of the Week

  Delaware Online / USA TODAY Network Delaware's weekly fall fan vote for DIAA football standouts, run separately from the outlet's multi-sport poll. Free, no account needed. The confirmed public record includes a Week 10 win for a Howard High School (Wilmington) nominee, announced via Delaware Online's Facebook page rather than a searchable archive.

• Delaware Online Football Athlete of the Week

  Delaware Online's football-specific weekly fan vote, running Weeks 1–13 of the fall season through the DIAA championships. Separate from the multi-sport Athlete of the Week poll. No account required, unlimited votes per device, closes Thursday — winner announced Friday by The News Journal.

• Delaware Online Readers' Choice

  The News Journal's annual statewide readers' choice vote for Delaware's local restaurants, salons, and contractors, run through delawareonline.com and amplified on Facebook rather than a standalone ballot site.

• Delaware Online Winter Athlete of the Week

  Free winter-season fan vote run by Delaware Online / USA TODAY Network Delaware, embedded in the outlet's High School Sports section. Facebook confirmed one edition as the season's final winter Athlete of the Week poll, basketball-primary. No account needed; per-device cap and close time for that edition aren't restated, so the live post governs.

• Delmarva Now Athlete of the Week (Southern Delaware)

  The free weekly fan poll at delmarvanow.com covering Southern Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, branded the "EZ Cash of Delaware, Inc. Athlete of the Week." Nominations go to Delmarva Now's sports desk by Sunday evening, voting opens Monday morning and closes Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., and the winner is announced in a follow-up article. Run by Delmarva Now, part of the USA TODAY Network, this is a separate program from the statewide Delaware Online poll.

• Delmarva Now Fan's Choice Athlete of the Season

  The season-ending fan vote from Delmarva Now / Salisbury Daily Times (Gannett/USA TODAY Network), run twice a year across fall and spring editions for Bayside and multi-sport standouts on the Delmarva Peninsula. The December 2025 cycle drew 15,000+ votes. This is a separate program from Delmarva Now's weekly Athlete of the Week poll, which shares the same sports desk and URL.

• Des Moines CommunityVotes

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Des Moines and Polk County, with open nominations, a public ballot, and category-based local business voting.

• Des Moines Register Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at desmoinesregister.com, run by the Des Moines Register (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), honouring the top Central Iowa prep athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account needed. Covers CIML, Iowa Alliance Conference, Little Hawkeye, and metro-area schools.

• Detroit Community Choice Awards

  Detroit gets its Community's Choice Awards from the Detroit Free Press, whose Second Street ballot system sits at freep.gannettcontests.com. Four editions have now closed out, 2023 into 2026, with the most recent window opening March 26 and ending May 1. Neither a list of categories nor a per-supporter voting limit has surfaced anywhere public; each stays a question for whatever the live ballot happens to show next.

• Detroit Free Press Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at freep.com, run by the Detroit Free Press (Gannett / USA TODAY Network) on the SecondStreet platform, recognising the top Detroit-area high school athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account needed.

• Detroit Music Awards

  A Michigan 501(c)(3) honoring Detroit-area musicians across national, regional, and local tiers, run through detroitmusicawards.net with voter registration required before ballots become visible.

• Detroit News Readers' Choice

  Detroit News's annual Readers' Choice is a business readers-choice ballot run through the third-party SecondStreet platform, confirmed active for the 2025 cycle and structurally separate from Metro Times', Hour Detroit's, and Detroit Free Press's own Detroit-area reader-vote programs, each counting its own votes independently.

• DFW Star Local Media High School Athlete of the Week

  The Star Local Media weekly fan vote for the best prep athlete across the DFW suburbs — Collin, Denton, and Rockwall counties. Covers every sport, runs year-round, and closes on Monday, making it a distinct target from the SI regional football ballots that close Sunday and cover different territory.

• Diablo Magazine Best of the East Bay

  Diablo Magazine's reader vote for the Contra Costa and Tri-Valley side of the East Bay, covering Danville, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Walnut Creek, cast online at vote.diablomag.com with 2026 voting confirmed active and winners published in the July issue. A separate program from East Bay Express's Oakland-and-Berkeley ballot of the same name.

• DiRenna Awards Kansas City Basketball Player of the Year

  The DiRenna Awards name the Kansas City metro's boys' and girls' basketball Player of the Year through public fan voting, run by KSHB 41 (Scripps) and covering both the Kansas and Missouri sides of the metro. The award has run annually since 1954, making it one of the longest-running high school basketball honors in the region, and unlike the statewide Kansas Athlete of the Week poll, it recognizes basketball only.

• DN Readers Choice Awards

  The Daily News's annual readers-choice ballot for Iron Mountain and the Upper Peninsula, run online at thedailynews.cc. The confirmed 2025 edition used a year-stamped URL, rca2025, rather than a permanent voting address, meaning the current cycle's page name should be searched for fresh rather than reused from an old bookmark.

• Dothan Eagle Athlete of the Week

  Weekly reader poll run by the Dothan Eagle (Lee Enterprises) at dothaneagle.com, recognizing one standout Wiregrass-area high school athlete each week during the Alabama prep season. The paper has not published a standing rules page; cap, close day, and eligible-school list should be confirmed on the live poll each cycle.

• DSBA Delaware Athlete of the Year

  Annual honor from the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association (DSBA) naming a statewide Athlete of the Year for boys and girls across every sport, plus six All-State teams spanning three sports. Newark Post Online (newarkpostonline.com) published the 2025 results; DSBA's own membership, not a public ballot, decides the honorees.

• DSBA Delaware Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual honor from the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association (DSBA) naming a statewide Basketball Player of the Year for boys and girls. The 2025 cycle recognized Ursuline Academy's girls program and Sanford School's boys program; DSBA posts results at desports.org/dsba-awards/, though the ballot process itself is only lightly documented.

• DSM People's Choice

  DSM People's Choice, a Des Moines, Iowa readers-choice program run at dsmpeopleschoice.com, operates independently of CITYVIEW's Best of Des Moines ballot. The confirmed public record does not include a published category list, vote cap, or fixed voting window, so businesses should check dsmpeopleschoice.com directly each cycle for current rules.

• Dubuque Telegraph Herald Best Of

  The Dubuque Telegraph Herald's regional readers-choice best-of program, confirmed active by the organizer but without a published voting URL, category list, or ballot format in the record checked for this guide; those specifics need direct verification on telegraphherald.com each cycle.

• Dumb Friends League Calendar Photo Contest

  Dumb Friends League, the Colorado animal-welfare organization now also presenting itself as Humane Colorado, has run its Calendar Photo Contest for twelve confirmed years straight, 2014 through 2025, at gogophotocontest.com/dumbfriendsleague on the GoGo Photo Contest network. Voting falls in August each cycle; the confirmed page does not fix an exact day. A category breakdown, a repeat-voting rule, and platform-listed round dates all go unpublished. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle. No single Colorado city is named on the confirmed page.

• Eagle-Tribune Athlete of the Week

  North Shore and Merrimack Valley Massachusetts high school Athlete of the Week fan vote from Eagle-Tribune (Gannett; eagletribune.com), spanning Lawrence, Andover, Haverhill, and Newburyport-area schools. The exact vote cap and close day aren't independently published for this paper; the poll follows the free, unlimited, no-account pattern documented at Gannett sibling The Enterprise in Brockton.

• East Texas High School Football Player of the Week

  Kaegan Ash of Mt. Enterprise set a national single-season scoring record — 476 points — then appeared on this SI regional ballot as one of five nominees the same week Cadarius McMiller of Tyler won it. The East Texas poll closes Monday 11:59 p.m. Pacific; no account or cap applies.

• Eastern Connecticut Conference Athlete of the Week

  A free weekly fan vote for standout athletes across Eastern Connecticut Conference member schools, run through eccathletics.org with the balloting facilitated by NFP Sports. Voting is season-split by CIAC season (fall, winter, spring), with a confirmed live ballot in Spring Week 4, 2025. The program is separate from GametimeCT.

• Eau Claire Reader's Choice Awards

  The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram's annual Reader's Choice Awards, promoted at leadertelegram.com/contests/readers_choice with voting run on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/eauclaire. Categories and vote windows are not fixed publicly here; confirm them on the live site each cycle.

• Edible New Mexico Local Hero Awards

  Edible New Mexico's statewide food-and-farm readers' awards, spanning 27 categories from restaurants and farms to chefs, breweries, and markets, decided by public vote each spring.

• Edmond Area OKC Football Poll

  VYPE OKC runs a recurring high school football fan-vote poll for the Edmond Area at okcvypeok.com, part of a wider network of positional polls covering several OKC-metro areas. The page's 2025 results named Dealon Rice, from Guthrie, the Edmond Area Quarterback, published October 18, 2025. For the 2026 season, the Edmond Area Defensive Back poll, sponsored by Eskridge Honda, is confirmed to close 9/10. A full roster of polled positions and any per-voter rule are not published beyond what the page names directly, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle before assuming either one.

• El Paso Times Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan-vote poll at elpasotimes.com recognising the top El Paso–Borderland high school athlete each week of the UIL sports calendar. One vote per hour per device, no account required. Organised by the El Paso Times, a Gannett / USA TODAY Network regional daily serving West Texas and the Borderland.

• Elko Daily Champion Chevrolet Athlete of the Week

  Elko Daily Free Press runs its own Champion Chevrolet Athlete of the Week for Northern Nevada, split into separate boys and girls ballots at elkodaily.com. No account needed, no location restriction.

• Emporia Gazette Readers' Choice Awards

  Annual Emporia Gazette Readers' Choice Awards for businesses across Lyon, Chase, Morris, Greenwood, Osage, and Coffey counties, with public voting at bestofemporia.com and results printed in the Gazette each summer.

• Enterprise Brockton Athlete of the Week

  The Enterprise (Gannett)'s South Shore fan vote for the week's standout Brockton-area high school performance, run as separate boys' and girls' polls each week, hosted via AOL/Yahoo Sports, with unlimited voting through Monday at noon.

• Erie Reader Best of Erie

  Erie Reader's Best of Erie runs in two stages: an open nomination round narrows each category to five finalists, then a separate final ballot decides the winner. The alt-weekly relaunched the process with updates in 2025, so a business that remembers an older single-round format should expect a different site experience now.

• ESPN Wichita High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote recognition from ESPN Wichita 92.3, honoring one standout high school performance from schools across the Wichita radio market each week. The ballot posts directly at espnwichita.com/athleteoftheweek — the station's own page, not the SBLive or Sports Illustrated network several other Kansas polls use. No account required to vote.

• Eugene Community's Choice Awards

  Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, running an open nomination round into a public vote across 130+ categories with 400+ local businesses recognized each year.

• Evansville Courier & Press Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at courierpress.com run by the Evansville Courier & Press (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), recognising the top Southwest Indiana high school athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account needed. Routinely draws 41,000+ votes per weekly poll — among the highest totals in the Gannett network.

• Evansville Courier & Press Football Player of the Year

  A free preseason and end-of-season fan vote at courierpress.com from the Evansville Courier & Press (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), separate from the paper's weekly Athlete of the Week poll and focused only on Southwest Indiana football. The 2025 preseason edition drew more than 85,500 total votes.

• Experience AZ

  AZ Big Media's statewide readers' choice ballot for Arizona travel and experience categories, drawing thousands of votes from travelers, locals, and adventure seekers, documented in a 2025 lifestyle feature at azbigmedia.com.

• Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Readers' Choice Awards

  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner's annual Readers' Choice Awards for Interior Alaska, a public online ballot across food, service, and retail categories at newsminer.com/readers_choice.

• Fairfield County Daily Voice Readers' Choice

  Fairfield County's Daily Voice Readers' Choice poll runs through the Daily Voice news network at dailyvoice.com, spanning Stamford, Greenwich, Westport, and Bridgeport across 86-plus categories in six major sections. The 2024 cycle ran on this online format, and 2026 is expected to repeat it; confirm exact dates on the live edition each year.

• Falcons Girls Flag Football Coach of the Week

  Weekly Georgia high school girls flag football coach recognition from the Atlanta Falcons and AJC Varsity, presented by Nike and decided by public AJC fan voting.

• Family Fare Athlete of the Week (Omaha World-Herald)

  The Omaha World-Herald's weekly high school fan-vote poll, sponsored by Family Fare Supermarkets. World-Herald sports staff pick five Omaha-metro nominees from any NSAA sport each week during the school sports calendar, and the public votes online for the winner at omaha.com.

• Fat Bear Week, Katmai National Park

  The single-elimination public bracket vote for Katmai National Park's fattest brown bear, run every autumn by Katmai National Park, Katmai Conservancy, and explore.org. Free public voting, no account required. The 2024 bracket drew 1.2 million votes from more than 100 countries, the highest-turnout public vote confirmed anywhere in Alaska.

• Favorites of the Foothills

  Tryon Daily Bulletin organizes Favorites of the Foothills, a readers'-choice business ballot on Second Street at tryondailybulletin2.secondstreetapp.com. It has run in 2025 and again in 2026, each round folding nomination and voting into one combined page. The 2025 round ran April 29 through July 7, 2025, and the 2026 round ran May 1 through August 1, 2026; both windows have already closed. Tryon Daily Bulletin publishes no city boundary for the ballot beyond its own name, and neither a category sheet nor a vote ceiling shows up on the page past those dates; treat all three as matters to confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Fayetteville Community's Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards, a LocaliQ readers-choice platform, runs the Fayetteville Community's Choice Awards at yourchoiceawards.com/fayetteville/, covering roughly 140 local business categories through a nominate-then-vote structure. Fayetteville and the surrounding Cumberland County area are the confirmed coverage zone, with exact nomination dates and vote rules published only on the live site each cycle.

• Feast Magazine FEAST 50

  Feast Magazine's annual FEAST 50, published as "Our Readers' 50 Food Faves," names 50 St. Louis area food and drink honorees each year by blending reader input with the magazine's current editorial picks, a different mechanism from the region's other two best-of ballots.

• Fergus Falls Daily Journal Best of Otter Tail County

  Best of Otter Tail County runs through Daily Journal Media on the Second Street platform, covering Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Six confirmed editions have run since 2020, the most recent voting window closing September 2, 2025. The account has not posted a 2026 date, a category roster, or a per-voter limit for this ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Finest on the Emerald Coast Community's Choice Awards

  Northwest Florida Daily News runs Finest on the Emerald Coast Community's Choice Awards for Fort Walton Beach and the surrounding coast, voted on Gannett's contest platform at nwfdailynews.gannettcontests.com rather than through a statewide Best of Florida poll or a different regional masthead. Four confirmed editions run 2023 through 2026, with the 2026 window opening June 16 and closing July 1. What businesses actually get to enter under, or how often one supporter may vote, stays unpublished past that window; look to the live ballot each cycle for either answer.

• First State Favorites Community's Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards' annual First State Favorites Community's Choice Awards, voted at yourchoiceawards.com/dover/, covering businesses across central, south, and north Dover rather than one statewide Delaware ballot. Confirmed facts stop at the three-zone structure and the annual cycle; category list, vote cap, and exact dates should be checked on the live site each cycle.

• Flint-Area High School Football Player of the Week

  The MLive / Flint Journal weekly fan-vote poll for the top Genesee County prep football performance. Staff nominates 11–14 candidates, readers vote via an embedded poll.fm widget at mlive.com, and the ballot closes Thursday morning — two to three days earlier than the statewide SI poll serving the same state.

• Florida Big Bend High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI spring fan vote for standout baseball performances across Leon, Jefferson, Taylor, Madison, Hamilton, and Suwannee counties. SI editors choose the nominees; fans vote unlimited times until Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT. This is a distinct poll from the Panhandle baseball ballot — the two share a geographic boundary near Chiles (Tallahassee), but the fields are separate.

• Florida Big Bend High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly fan-vote poll for Tallahassee-area prep football — Leon, Wakulla, Taylor, Madison, and Franklin counties — with unlimited voting and a Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT close. On Oct 28, 2025, all four major Leon County programs appeared on the same ballot.

• Florida High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly statewide fan poll published by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/florida, recognising standout FHSAA athletes across all seven classes and regions statewide. Free to vote, no account required, closes Friday 11:59 p.m. PT each week.

• Florida High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/florida, crowning the top FHSAA baseball player across classifications and regions each spring. Free to vote, no account required, baseball-specific polls run concurrently with regional Central Florida editions during the FHSAA spring season.

• Florida High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote hosted by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/florida, selecting the top Florida boys basketball player per FHSAA classification (1A–7A) each late winter. Free to vote, no account required; class polls run concurrently after FHSAA state tournament.

• Florida High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote hosted by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/florida, selecting the top Florida girls basketball player per FHSAA classification (1A–7A) after each state tournament. Free to vote, no account required; class polls close on deadlines in mid-to-late March.

• Florida High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/florida, crowning the top FHSAA basketball player per classification (1A–7A) each spring. Free to vote, no account required, typically closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. ET after nominations open.

• Florida High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/florida, crowning the top FHSAA girls softball player per classification (1A–7A) each spring. Free to vote, no account required, separate polls per class, close Sunday 11:59 p.m. ET.

• Florida Panhandle High School Baseball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a weekly spring fan vote covering Northwest Florida prep baseball from Pensacola through Panama City and into the Tallahassee corridor. No account needed, voting is unlimited, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same close day as every other SI Florida regional poll.

• Florida Panhandle High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote poll from High School on SI covering Northwest Florida prep football from Pensacola through Ft. Walton Beach and Panama City. Unlimited voting, Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT close — and one structural quirk: Tallahassee's Godby and Chiles can land on this ballot or the separate Big Bend poll depending on which week you check.

• Florida Panhandle High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a weekly fan vote each spring for the top Panhandle softball performer. Editors from the Panhandle / Big Bend coverage area nominate players after the week's games; anyone can vote, no account needed, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same day the rest of Florida's SI regional polls close.

• Florida Today Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at 321preps.com and floridatoday.com recognising the top Brevard County / Space Coast high school athlete each sports week. Votes accepted once per device per hour; polling closes Thursday at noon. Run by FLORIDA TODAY and its prep-sports vertical 321 Preps (Gannett / USA TODAY Network).

• For The Cutest Costume

  Unlike Wyoming's best-of business ballots, For The Cutest Costume is a seasonal photo contest run by KOWB radio that asks the public to pick the cutest or spookiest costume entry. Voting takes place in November, with confirmed edition years in 2025 and 2026.

• Fort Collins Blue FCU Athlete of the Week

  The Coloradoan's Blue Federal Credit Union–sponsored weekly fan vote for the top prep athlete in the Fort Collins metro. Two parallel ballots run every week — Boys and Girls — each with five nominees, voting open Monday through Thursday, closing Thursday at 11:59 a.m. sharp.

• Fort Wayne A-List

  Fort Wayne, Indiana's A-List readers'-choice ballot runs through 989thebear.secondstreetapp.com, the Second Street listing WBYR-FM (98.9 The Bear) hosts for the market. The same Federated Media ballot is reachable from sister station sites WOWO, WMEE and K105, and the confirmed 2026 combined nomination-and-voting window runs September 3 through October 14. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Readers' Choice

  The Journal Gazette's annual Fort Wayne Readers' Choice awards run at fortwayne.com/readerschoice, naming a winner plus two finalists in every category. Results publish in a dedicated print pull-out dated October 11, separate from CommunityVotes Fort Wayne Best Of, a different Fort Wayne program run on its own platform.

• Fort Wayne Readers' Choice

  An annual Fort Wayne business awards program at fortwayne.com. The 2026 cycle nominates through April, opens public voting for a fixed 16-day window from June 1 through June 16, and announces winners July 25. No published category list, vote cap, or ballot structure appears in the confirmed record for this guide.

• Fox 5 Atlanta High 5 Sports Team of the Week

  Fox 5 Atlanta's weekly Friday-night fan vote for High 5 Sports Team of the Week, five nominated Georgia high school football programs go up on the station's High5Sports Facebook page each week of the season, and the public votes for the team it wants featured in that week's High 5 Sports broadcast segment.

• Fox 8 FNTD Player of the Year Vote

  The Friday Night Touchdown Player of the Year fan vote from WJW Fox 8 Cleveland, an annual, end-of-season ballot among FNTD standout nominees where the public vote counts for one-third of the final decision, voting closes in early November.

• FOX16 Fearless Friday Awards Fan Vote

  FOX16 / KLRT (Nexstar) covers Arkansas high school football all season under the Fearless Friday banner and closes the year with a statewide Fearless Friday Awards fan vote, including a Fan Vote Winner category and a crowd-picked Play of the Year decided through FOX16's "Sound Off" feature. The program has run annual awards pages in both 2024 and 2025.

• Frankfort's Faves (The State Journal)

  Frankfort, Kentucky's Frankfort's Faves runs through The Frankfort State Journal at thefrankfortstatejournal2.secondstreetapp.com. Three editions are confirmed on the platform archive, 2023, 2025 and 2026, skipping 2024 entirely, and the 2026 combined nomination-and-voting window closed on August 27. What categories businesses can enter under, and whether a single supporter faces a daily ceiling, stays off that confirmed page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle once a new window actually posts.

• Fresno Bee Athlete of the Week

  Fresno is one of three McClatchy Bee papers running a weekly prep sports fan vote in California's Central Valley. This one is called "Bee's Best," it pulls nominees from baseball, softball, and track, and any reader can vote free with no account, confirmed live via a Yahoo Sports syndication dated April 2024.

• Gadsden Times Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan-vote poll run by the Gadsden Times (Gannett) at gadsdentimes.com, recognizing one standout high school athlete from the Etowah County area each week. Coaches submit nominees to [email protected]; the poll also runs on AOL and MSN. Voting closes Thursday at noon, with no published per-device cap, active through the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

• Gallatin's Greatest

  Gallatin's Greatest is the Bozeman Daily Chronicle's readers-choice awards program for Gallatin County, spanning more than 140 categories with public voting hosted on the Your Choice Awards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/gallatin, a separate ballot from Bozeman Magazine's Bozeman's Choice and CommunityVotes Bozeman.

• Galveston County Daily News Readers' Choice

  Galveston, Texas's Readers' Choice Awards run through the Galveston County Daily News (The Daily News) on the Second Street platform at galvnews.secondstreetapp.com. Eight confirmed editions run 2019 through 2026, with the 2026 round open June 10 through August 28, now closed. A category list, vote cap, and 2027 dates are not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• GametimeCT Boys Athlete of the Week; Fall Season

  GametimeCT and CT Insider — Hearst Connecticut's six-newspaper high-school sports desk — run a free, public fall Boys Athlete of the Week vote at ctinsider.com, drawing nominees from the New Haven Register, Hartford Courant, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, Connecticut Post, and Danbury News-Times coverage areas. No account is needed to vote.

• GametimeCT Boys Athlete of the Week; Spring Season

  GametimeCT and CT Insider; Hearst Connecticut's six-newspaper high-school sports desk; run a free, public boys spring Athlete of the Week vote at ctinsider.com, pulling nominees from baseball, boys lacrosse, tennis, golf, and outdoor track across the New Haven Register, Hartford Courant, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, Connecticut Post, and Danbury News-Times coverage areas. No account needed.

• GametimeCT Boys Athlete of the Week; Winter Season

  GametimeCT and CT Insider — Hearst Connecticut's six-newspaper high-school sports desk — run a free, public boys winter Athlete of the Week vote at ctinsider.com, spanning basketball, wrestling, swimming, indoor track, and ice hockey nominees from the New Haven Register, Hartford Courant, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, Connecticut Post, and Danbury News-Times. No account is needed.

• GametimeCT Girls Athlete of the Week; Fall Season

  GametimeCT and CT Insider — Hearst Connecticut's six-newspaper high-school sports desk — run a free, public fall Girls Athlete of the Week vote, covering field hockey, soccer, volleyball, swimming, cross country, and gymnastics nominees across the New Haven Register, Hartford Courant, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, Connecticut Post, and Danbury News-Times coverage areas. No account is needed.

• GametimeCT Girls Athlete of the Week; Winter Season

  GametimeCT and CT Insider, Hearst Connecticut's six-newspaper high-school sports desk, run a free, public winter Girls Athlete of the Week vote, drawing nominees from basketball, swimming and diving, indoor track, and ice hockey across the New Haven Register, Hartford Courant, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, Connecticut Post, and Danbury News-Times coverage areas. No account is needed.

• Georgia Baseball Player of the Week

  Weekly spring fan-vote poll from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/georgia, honoring one standout GHSA baseball performer each week of the season. Confirmed coverage centers on the GHSA state championship series each April and May, most recently through 2026. Free to vote, no account required.

• Georgia Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's statewide winter fan vote for Georgia's standout boys basketball performance, run at si.com/high-school/georgia. Editors build the weekly field, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, the same rhythm confirmed on the January 20 and January 28, 2025 editions.

• Georgia Boys High School Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive statewide weekly fan vote for Georgia's best boys basketball performance. Editors pick the nominees, anyone can vote with no account, the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, and 16-player fields mean the margin between winning and losing is narrower than it looks.

• Georgia Football Defensive Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/georgia, confirmed live the week of August 18, 2025 as a defense-only ballot run separately from the site's offensive Player of the Week poll. Free to vote, no account required; the hub does not publish a per-device cap.

• Georgia Football Offensive Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/georgia, spotlighting one standout Georgia prep offensive performer each week of the GHSA season. A confirmed offense-side ballot ran the week of August 18, 2025. Free to vote, no account required; the hub doesn't publish an exact per-device cap.

• Georgia Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly winter fan vote for Georgia's standout girls basketball performance, hosted at si.com/high-school/georgia. Two dated editions confirmed for the 2024-25 season — January 14 and January 20, 2025 — each drawing nominees from every GHSA classification. Anyone can vote with no account required.

• Georgia Girls High School Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly statewide fan vote for Georgia's top girls basketball performance. Editors nominate — typically 13 players spanning all GHSA classes — and anyone can vote with no account until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, the same close as every SI Georgia poll.

• Georgia High School Athlete of the Week

  High School on SI's statewide Georgia fan vote that puts football, basketball, wrestling, and other sports on a single weekly ballot — no account required, closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT, with unlimited voting and no per-device cap.

• Georgia High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual, season-capping honor from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia, confirmed separate from the weekly Baseball Player of the Week poll. SI's confirmed baseball coverage centers on the GHSA state championship series each April and May, most recently 2026. Nominee field and any vote cap are set on the live page.

• Georgia High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Free end-of-season fan-vote award published per GHSA classification by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia; boys basketball polls close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the stated date with no per-vote cap; separate ballots run for each class from AAAAAAA to A.

• Georgia High School Football Defensive Player of the Week

  A dedicated statewide defensive fan poll on High School on SI — launched 2025 to give Georgia linebackers, D-linemen, and defensive backs their own weekly ballot, separate from the North and South Georgia offensive POTW polls; 15 nominees on the opening ballot; unlimited voting closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Georgia High School Football Defensive Player of the Year

  Annual, defense-only recognition from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia, confirmed as a separate ballot from Georgia's combined Player of the Year and its own weekly offense/defense Player of the Week polls. Free to take part in; the nominee field, dates, and any vote cap are published on the live page each cycle.

• Georgia High School Football Playoff Player of the Week

  Statewide postseason fan poll on High School on SI covering all GHSA classifications during the November-December playoff run; voting is uncapped and closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT. During the regular season, Georgia runs separate North and South regional polls — this statewide ballot exists only in the postseason.

• Georgia High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Free end-of-season fan-vote award published per GHSA classification by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia; girls basketball polls run after the Macon state finals with no per-vote cap; separate ballots cover each class from AAAAAAA to A.

• Georgia High School Player of the Year

  Season-end fan-vote recognition run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com, covering every GHSA sport and classification across all of Georgia. No per-vote cap; polls close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the stated date.

• Georgia High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual, season-capping honor from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia, confirmed distinct from the weekly Softball Player of the Week poll. Georgia's fastpitch season runs in the fall, not spring, and this recognition follows once that GHSA season concludes. Nominee field and any vote cap are set on the live page.

• Georgia Softball Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/georgia, honoring one standout GHSA fastpitch softball performer each week of Georgia's fall season. A confirmed ballot pattern ran September and October 2024 and continued into 2025. Free to vote, no account required; no per-device cap is published on the Georgia hub.

• Go! Eastern Oregon Readers' Choice

  East Oregonian runs the Go! Eastern Oregon Readers' Choice Awards for its Eastern Oregon coverage area under the Go! Eastern Oregon brand, voted on the Second Street contest platform at eastoregonian.secondstreetapp.com. Three confirmed editions span 2024 through 2026; despite the "2025" title, the combined nomination-and-voting ballot ran from December 11, 2025 through May 1, 2026. Past that window, what's published names no category roster and sets no per-voter cap; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either one.

• Grand Junction Sentinel Best of the West

  Grand Junction Media, publisher of The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, runs the Grand Junction Sentinel Best of the West on Second Street at gjsentinel.secondstreetapp.com. Eight confirmed editions run 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, and 2026, and the 2026 combined nomination-and-voting ballot opened April 3 and closed June 16, already over. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Grand Junction Sentinel Ride Photo Contest

  Grand Junction Media, the Second Street account tied to The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, runs the Ride Photo Contest for Grand Junction, Colorado at gjsentinel.secondstreetapp.com. Eight editions are confirmed, 2019 through 2026, and the most recent window ran January 8 through February 1, 2026, already closed. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Grand Rapids Magazine Best of GR

  Annual Grand Rapids Magazine readers-choice poll covering West Michigan, a single open ballot across roughly 100 categories with no separate nomination round, now in its 16th consecutive year as of 2025.

• Great Falls Tribune Readers' Choice

  Gannett's USA TODAY Network annual readers-choice program for Great Falls, Montana, run at greatfallstribune.com. The Tribune's network confirms the same business-plus-athlete-poll pattern at Sioux Falls's Argus Leader; exact categories, dates, and any cap should be confirmed on the live site each cycle.

• Greater Wichita Sports Banquet Athlete of the Year

  The Wichita Sports Commission selects winners of its annual Greater Wichita Sports Banquet awards through a media panel, not a public fan vote. Eight categories span high school, college, and professional athletes and coaches. Finalists become public knowledge ahead of the June ceremony, driving nomination interest rather than vote totals.

• Green Bay Press-Gazette Cellcom Athlete of the Week

  The Green Bay Press-Gazette's year-round, multi-sport weekly fan vote covering NE Wisconsin prep athletes. Sponsored by Cellcom and run on the Gannett network, it closes Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Central — and recent winning totals have run from 18,000 to 48,000 votes, making it one of the highest-volume local prep polls in Wisconsin.

• Greensboro News & Record Player of the Week

  A weekly open public fan-vote poll on greensboro.com naming a Player of the Week across high school football and other sports, sponsored by Deuterman Law and run by the Greensboro News & Record — a separate ballot from the statewide SI/SBLive poll, the Charlotte Observer's metro poll, and the HighSchoolOT/WRAL Triangle poll already covering North Carolina.

• Greenville News Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at greenvilleonline.com recognising the top Upstate South Carolina prep athlete each SCHSL sports season. Run by The Greenville News (Gannett / USA TODAY Network). One vote per hour per device, no account required.

• Gridiron Glory Performance of the Week

  A weekly fan vote from WPSD Local 6, the NBC affiliate in Paducah, choosing the standout high school football performance from the Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky each week of the season. WPSD frames the result as a viewer pick, not a newsroom pick, distinct from the station's separate Biokinetics Athlete of the Week segment.

• Guide to Alabama Best of Awards

  GuideToAlabama.com's community-voted annual best-of awards, active for the 2026 cycle at guidetoalabama.com/best-of. It's one of several Alabama readers-choice programs, alongside Alabama Magazine's Best of Bama and the Anniston Star's Readers' Choice, so the correct organizer name and category placement both matter before any campaign starts.

• Harrisburg Builders Association Parade of Homes

  The Harrisburg Builders Association runs an online people's-choice vote for its Parade of Homes at harrisburgbuilders.com/pa-parade-of-homes/, covering Central Pennsylvania's Harrisburg and Hershey market. It's a builder-only home tour, unrelated to Harrisburg Magazine's separate Simply the Best readers'-choice program.

• HAWAIʻI Magazine Readers' Choice Awards

  HAWAIʻI Magazine's 14th annual Readers' Choice Awards, voted at vote.hawaiimagazine.com and closing December 22, with results printed in the Spring/Summer 2026 issue and one entrant winning airfare plus a four-night stay at Waimea Plantation Cottages on Kauai's west side.

• HAWAIʻI Magazine Readers' Choice Awards — Big Island

  HAWAIʻI Magazine's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards for the Big Island, folded into a shared page, hawaiimagazine.com/2026-readers-choice-awards-all-islands/, rather than getting a standalone URL the way Oahu and Maui each did.

• HAWAIʻI Magazine Readers' Choice Awards — Kauai

  HAWAIʻI Magazine's per-island Readers' Choice Awards for Kauai, the smallest of the four main islands and the one with the most distinctly tourist-driven economy, voted separately from the magazine's general vote.hawaiimagazine.com ballot and from Oahu's own island page, with the island's public schools competing under the Kauai Interscholastic Federation.

• HAWAIʻI Magazine Readers' Choice Awards — Maui

  HAWAIʻI Magazine's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards for Maui, published at its own page, hawaiimagazine.com/2026-readers-choice-awards-maui/, separate from the magazine's general vote.hawaiimagazine.com ballot and described by HAWAIʻI Magazine as an independent, tourist-driven competition distinct from Oahu's own results.

• HAWAIʻI Magazine Readers' Choice Awards — Oahu

  HAWAIʻI Magazine's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards for Oahu, published at its own page, hawaiimagazine.com/2026-readers-choice-awards-oahu/, separate from the magazine's general vote.hawaiimagazine.com ballot and from the other islands' own results.

• Hawaii Business Magazine People's Choice Award

  Hawaii Business Magazine's annual People's Choice Award, voted at hawaiibusiness.com/peoples-choice-award/, closes February 9 each cycle, with the winner revealed February 25 at the Hawaii Entrepreneur Awards gala. The Local General Store won in 2025.

• Hawaii High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan recognition published by ScoringLive, Hawaii's statewide high school sports platform, covering standout performers across ILH, OIA, BIIF, MIL, and KIF each week of the HHSAA sports calendar.

• Hawaii High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote series produced by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/hawaii, spotlighting the top HHSAA prep athlete per sport statewide across Oahu, Maui, Big Island, and Kauai. Polls close at 11:59 p.m. PT on each sport's published deadline; no account required.

• Hawaii Home + Remodeling Readers' Choice Awards

  Hawaii Home + Remodeling Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards for the state's home-improvement trade, anchored by a 2025 voting tool kit page at hawaiihomemag.com rather than one public ballot link, and a separate effort from HONOLULU Home.

• Hawaii Prep World Star-Advertiser Athlete of the Week

  A weekly fan vote run by Hawaii Prep World, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser's own prep-sports desk at hawaiiprepworld.com, honoring standout HHSAA performers statewide. It operates apart from ScoringLive and from Prep Hoops' basketball-only ballot, the two other weekly Hawaii sport polls built on this site.

• HBA Grand Rapids Parade of Homes People's Choice

  HBA of Greater Grand Rapids' Spring Parade of Homes, billed as West Michigan's largest new-home parade, most recently confirmed for May 30 through June 7, 2025. The Parade includes a People's Choice award; the exact voting mechanic isn't published on hbaglbr.com in the record checked for this guide.

• HBA Greater Chicago Parade of Homes People's Choice

  HBA of Greater Chicago / North Shore runs its Parade of Homes each spring and fall, pairing new-construction entries with a People's Choice Award. The touring public votes for a favorite home each cycle, a suburban attendee vote rather than a name recalled from memory; the exact ballot mechanic isn't published this season.

• HBA Michigan Southeast Parade of Homes People's Choice

  Home Builders Association of Michigan runs the Southeast Michigan Parade of Homes, confirmed for June 1 through 30, 2026, and described by the statewide association as Michigan's largest home-building event. A People's Choice vote runs alongside the home tours; how that vote actually gets cast isn't spelled out anywhere on hbaofmichigan.com that this guide located.

• HBA of Columbia Parade of Homes

  HBA of Columbia's annual Parade of Homes pairs a public home tour with a People's Choice vote hosted on the ParadePass platform at hbac.paradepass.com/vote/, confirmed as South Carolina's people's choice voting system. No published home list, vote cap, or fixed close date accompanies that page; confirm cycle specifics on the live site.

• HBA of Greater Springfield Parade of Homes

  HBA of Greater Springfield runs Parade of Homes, a Western Massachusetts builder and remodeler showcase at hbaspringfield.com/parade-of-homes. The program is confirmed active; its category list, cycle dates, and exact public-vote format are not detailed here, so confirm specifics on the official site each cycle.

• HBACT Parade of Homes People's Choice

  HBA Connecticut River Region, doing business as HBACT, organizes the Parade of Homes as a regional home builder showcase. The public casts a People's Choice vote online at hbractriverregion.com for homes entered in that year's tour; exact dates and categories should be confirmed on the official page each cycle.

• HBRAMA Parade of Homes People's Choice

  HBRAMA's statewide Parade of Homes People's Choice pairs a Massachusetts builder and remodeler showcase of finished homes with public home tours, then lets visitors cast an online vote for a favorite entry at hbrama.com. Confirm each cycle's exact dates and category list on the organizer's own site.

• Health & Life Essex Readers' Choice

  Health & Life Magazines runs Essex Readers' Choice out of Essex, New Jersey, publishing the ballot on its own site rather than a shared voting platform. The current cycle carries the label "2026," with its voting window confirmed to December 2025 on the live page. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2025 and 2026. No published roster of categories and no daily-vote rule exist on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Heartlands Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for Florida Heartlands girls flag football standouts, with Jahzara Green of Ridgeview Global Studies Academy confirmed as a 2025 winner.

• Herald & Review Illinois Player of the Week

  The Herald & Review's weekly fan-vote poll covering high school sports across central Illinois — Decatur, Bloomington-Normal, Mattoon, Charleston, and the smaller programs between them. It closes Monday at 10 a.m. CT, earlier than most weekly polls, and results post Monday afternoon.

• Herald & Review Readers' Choice (Decatur)

  Decatur Herald & Review's annual Readers' Choice awards for its central Illinois circulation area, promoted at herald-review.com. A 2025 ballot is confirmed to have run; the category list, nomination window, and vote cap are not fixed in the public record here, so treat the live herald-review.com page as the only current authority each cycle.

• Herald Bulletin Best of Madison County

  The Herald Bulletin runs Best of Madison County at heraldbulletin2.secondstreetapp.com, a Second Street nominate-then-vote ballot covering Madison County, Indiana. Two confirmed edition years back it, 2025 and 2026, with the confirmed ballot running November 24, 2025 through January 17, 2026. Past that window, the Herald Bulletin's own page is what actually settles a category list or a vote limit, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Herald Journal Readers' Choice

  The Herald Journal's annual Cache Valley readers-choice business awards, decided entirely by public nomination and voting, with every ballot entry tied to a valid email address to block bots and duplicates.

• Herald-Mail Athlete of the Week (Hagerstown / Western Maryland)

  The free weekly fan poll at herald-mail.com covering Hagerstown, Washington County, and the wider Western Maryland / Tri-State market. The Herald-Mail Media sports desk nominates standout high school performers each week, and voting closes at noon on Sunday. Run by The Herald-Mail (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), a separate program from the statewide SI/SBLive Maryland polls and from the Delmarva Now poll on the Eastern Shore.

• Herald-News Joliet Athlete of the Week

  The Herald-News (Shaw Local, Joliet/Will County) runs a weekly multi-sport fan-vote poll for area high schools: readers nominate, then vote, unlimited times per person, until the poll closes at noon on Sunday.

• Herald-Whig Cutest Pet Calendar Contest

  Quincy, Illinois' daily paper, The Herald-Whig, owned by Quincy Media, runs the Cutest Pet Calendar Contest on the Second Street platform at whig.secondstreetapp.com. One documented window ran October 11 through November 29, 2025, and the Herald-Whig treats the contest as an annual fixture even though only that single window is dated so far. Submitting a pet photo is the entire mechanic; the "2026" in the program's own name marks the calendar year the winning photos are meant to fill, not a second dated cycle. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• High School on SI Michigan Athlete of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive statewide multi-sport fan vote for Michigan — runs year-round through basketball, hockey, soccer, and wrestling seasons at si.com/high-school/michigan. No account required, unlimited votes confirmed by the organizer, closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT. Separate from the fall football POTW; this is where Averie Zinn (Genesee) lands 54 points and 11 steals and still comes back as a repeat nominee the following week.

• High School on SI National Girls Athlete of the Week (Utah)

  The national weekly fan vote from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated) that regularly features Utah softball, track, and volleyball nominees on a ballot separate from the Boys poll. Runs roughly November through June each school year, free to enter, no cash prize, decided entirely by public vote count.

• HighSchoolOT Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote poll presented by State Employees' Credit Union at highschoolot.com, naming a male and female Athlete of the Week from North Carolina's Triangle area and all six NC area codes each school year. Operated by Capitol Broadcasting Company (WRAL parent), covering NCHSAA schools across Wake, Durham, Johnston, and Chatham counties.

• Hillsboro News-Times Hillsboro's Best

  Hillsboro, Oregon's weekly paper, the Hillsboro News-Times, runs Hillsboro's Best on the Second Street platform at hillsboro.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions back the program, 2025 and 2026, and the current ballot has been open since August 29, 2026, running through November 7, 2026. Pamplin Media owns the Hillsboro News-Times, and its ballot invites Hillsboro shoppers to name their own favorite local businesses. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Hilton Head Monthly Readers' Choice

  Hilton Head Monthly Magazine's annual Readers' Choice Awards at hiltonheadmonthly.com/rca, self-branded the "Voice of the Lowcountry," covers Hilton Head Island, Bluffton, and Beaufort. No published category list, vote cap, or close date surfaced for this guide; confirm specifics on the live site each cycle.

• Hippo's Best of NH

  Hippo Press's annual readers' poll for the Manchester-Nashua metro in Southern New Hampshire, ballots open January through February, and the alt-weekly publishes a top-five ranking per category, not one winner, in its April issue. Red Arrow Diner is the ballot's most consistent top finisher.

• Hobey Baker Award Fan Vote

  The public fan ballot that runs alongside the coaches' vote for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, college hockey's top individual honor, among the season's ten nominated NCAA Division I men's players. One vote per fan, cast at hobeybaker.com, feeding into the cut to three finalists.

• Honolulu Home Readers' Choice Awards

  HONOLULU Magazine's Home readers'-choice ballot, run separately from the magazine's main Best of Honolulu awards at its own address, honolulumagazine.com/honolulu-home-readerschoice/, with this cycle's confirmed voting window running October 13 through November 24.

• Hot 97.5 Bismarck-Mandan Cutest Pet

  Bismarck-Mandan, North Dakota's Hot 97.5 Cutest Pet contest is an annual pet-photo vote run by the radio station KKCT at hot975fm.com. Eight confirmed editions span 2018 through 2026. An archived description of the format lays out two rounds: nominations narrow the field to five finalists, then a first round runs October 1 through October 8, and a second round for the top five closes October 15. No year is attached to that description. Whether a category roster or a per-supporter voting limit exists is likewise unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Hour Detroit Best of Detroit

  Hour Detroit Magazine's annual Best of Detroit readers-choice awards, drawing over 1 million votes each June cycle across six groups, Food, Bars, Museums, Shops, Salons, and Personalities, with winners celebrated at the Best of Detroit Party at the Westin Book Cadillac, run separately from Metro Times' own Best of Detroit ballot.

• Houston / SE Texas High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive regional fan vote covering Houston and Southeast Texas prep football — 16 confirmed nominees on the October 2025 ballot, unlimited voting, and a Monday 11:59 p.m. Pacific close. Timothy Potts of C.E. King appeared on both this ballot and the statewide TX Offensive poll the same week.

• Houston Chronicle Best of the Best

  Annual Houston Chronicle / Hearst readers-choice business awards for the Houston metro, with an official chron.com ballot and verified-email public voting across broad local business categories.

• Hudson Valley New York High School Football Player of the Week

  The lohud / Journal News reader fan vote for the best Hudson Valley prep football performance of the week. Nominees span Westchester and Rockland counties; the ballot opens Monday and closes Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. ET — two days faster than the statewide SI poll that some of the same schools also appear on.

• Humane Society of Hobart Calendar Contest

  Bougie Pet Pawtography puts on the Humane Society of Hobart Calendar Contest, a fundraiser for the Hobart, Indiana shelter, with an entry gallery that lives at gogophotocontest.com/hsh, part of the GoGo Photo Contest network. The shelter's calendar has reached its second dated round, 2025 into 2026. That first round ran the entire month of April, opening at 12:00 AM Central time on April 1 and closing at 11:59:59 PM Central time on April 30. Photos placing second through twelfth each land one month in the 2026 calendar, picked in order of finish. What the ballot categories are, and how often one person may vote: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Huntsville Best Places to Work

  Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce's Best Places to Work program, decided through a confidential Quantum Workplace employee survey rather than public voting. Participating companies' own staff rate their workplace anonymously; a new wellness category joined the program in 2025. Current-cycle details are published at hsvchamber.org.

• Idaho High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly statewide fan poll at si.com/high-school/idaho, presented by WaFd Bank, recognising the top Idaho prep athlete each sports season. Powered by SBLive Sports and Sports Illustrated High School; voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, winner announced Monday.

• Idaho High School Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual Idaho recognition co-sponsored by the Star-Advertiser and High School on SI, drawing basketball nominees from all six IHSAA classifications, 6A down through 1A, with separate boys' and girls' ballots each winter. Casting a ballot at si.com/high-school/idaho costs nothing and skips any login step; the per-vote cap and the day the window shuts are set out in that season's own article.

• Idaho High School Boys Athlete of the Week

  Sports Illustrated and SBLive run a Boys-only ballot for Idaho High School Athlete of the Week, separate from the Girls poll, confirmed live during IHSAA football and basketball seasons at si.com/high-school/idaho. Free to vote, no account needed, published as its own weekly article alongside the Girls ballot rather than a shared list.

• Idaho High School Football Player of the Year

  Annual Idaho high school football recognition shaped by MaxPreps' season stats and recruiting-grade ratings alongside High School on SI's fan vote. IHSAA's five football classifications, 5A down to 1A, each finalize an all-state team first; the year-end poll draws its Player of the Year nominees from that pool. Free to vote, no account required.

• Idaho High School Girls Athlete of the Week

  Sports Illustrated and SBLive run a Girls-only ballot for Idaho High School Athlete of the Week, confirmed live as part of SI's nationwide Girls AOTW split since May 2026, published separately from the Boys poll at si.com/high-school/idaho. Free to vote, nothing to sign up for, new nominees cycle through each week of the IHSAA calendar.

• Idaho High School Player of the Year

  Annual season-end fan-vote award produced by High School on SI (formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/idaho, honouring the top Idaho prep athlete in each major sport. Separate polls per sport run at season's close; no per-vote cap; winner decided by fan total at the stated 11:59 p.m. Pacific deadline.

• Idaho State Journal Readers' Choice

  Idaho State Journal's annual readers'-choice awards for Pocatello and southeastern Idaho, confirmed through the paper's own "Readers' Choice Awards highlights area's best" coverage and capped each year by a public awards ceremony, with categories and the voting platform confirmed only on the live idahostatejournal.com page.

• Idaho's Best Awards

  Idaho's Best Awards' annual statewide readers'-choice program at idahosbest.com, run across three voting rounds and drawing 100,000+ Idaho voters a year, with 2026 winners honored at an April 7-8 ceremony in downtown Boise rather than a single regional metro ballot.

• IHSAA Toyota Athlete of the Week

  IHSAA (the Idaho High School Activities Association) runs its own weekly Athlete of the Week recognition, presented by Inland Northwest Toyota Dealers, separate from the SI/SBLive Idaho poll. Nominations close every Wednesday at noon; one boy and one girl are recognized weekly, announced on idhsaa.org and IHSAA's social channels. Free to vote, no account required.

• Illinois County Fair Queen People's Choice

  Illinois runs its County Fair Queen People's Choice pageant straight from the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs' own site, illinoiscountyfairs.org, rather than through a shared voting network. The confirmed run stands at two editions, 2025 and the 2026 vote open Saturday, December 20, 2025 through Saturday, January 17, 2026. Every name on the ballot is a queen representing the county fair she comes from, so the page covers Illinois as a whole rather than one county alone. No category roster or per-voter limit is published past that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Illinois High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide Illinois fan-vote award at si.com, published weekly by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) across all three IHSA sports seasons. No vote cap; polls close Sunday at 11:59 p.m. CT. Covers 800-plus IHSA member schools statewide.

• Illinois High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide Illinois fan-vote award at si.com, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at the end of each sport season. One sport-specific POY ballot per season; no per-vote cap for human voters; automated scripts disqualify a campaign's total. Covers all 800-plus IHSA member schools statewide.

• Illinois SI Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Single combined statewide fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning one Illinois boys basketball standout each March at the close of the IHSA postseason. It is the only SI Illinois sport ballot that skips a per-classification split. No account is needed to cast a vote.

• Illinois SI Football Class 1A Player of the Year

  Per-classification fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning a standalone Class 1A winner, the smallest-enrollment tier on the state's eight-class football ladder, with seven larger classes above it and none below. No account or sign-up step sits between a click and a vote.

• Illinois SI Football Class 4A Player of the Year

  Free per-classification fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning a standalone Class 4A winner one rung below the eight-class ladder's exact middle, drawing largely from Illinois's downstate and smaller-suburban football programs. The ballot doesn't ask for a login before a click gets counted.

• Illinois SI Football Class 5A Player of the Year

  Per-classification fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning a standalone Class 5A winner — the exact midpoint of the state's eight-way football Player of the Year ladder, with four smaller classes below it and three larger ones above. No account or sign-up step sits between a click and a vote.

• Illinois SI Football Class 6A Player of the Year

  Per-classification fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning a standalone Class 6A winner in the state's eight-way football Player of the Year format — the tier that produced back-to-back title-game rematches between East St. Louis and Fenwick. No account or sign-up step sits between a click and a vote.

• Illinois SI Football Class 7A Player of the Year

  Per-classification fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning a separate Class 7A winner, the tier sitting directly beneath Illinois's largest-enrollment class, inside the state's eight-way football Player of the Year format. No sign-up step stands between a click and a counted vote.

• Illinois SI Football Class 8A Player of the Year

  Per-classification fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning a separate Class 8A winner rather than folding the state's largest-enrollment programs into one combined ballot — the same class-by-class format SI uses for football POY coverage in Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. Casting a vote needs no sign-up step.

• Illinois SI Football Player of the Year

  Annual single-sport fan vote run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/illinois, crowning one Illinois football standout after IHSA's Class 1A-8A championships conclude. The ballot opens in late November or December and closes by early January; no account is required to cast a vote.

• Illinois SI Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/illinois, honoring one IHSA girls basketball standout once the postseason concludes. The ballot runs inside a dated article rather than a standalone form. No account is needed, and the exact per-device cap isn't published for this specific vote.

• Indiana Contests Readers' Choice

  Indiana Contests Readers' Choice is indianacontests.com's statewide readers-choice ballot, spanning 200-plus business categories across multiple Indiana metro markets. Nominations open each July, voting runs in August, and winners are announced in November, through a platform described as a multi-paper aggregation spanning Gannett-network and independently run Indiana outlets.

• Indiana Gazette Readers' Choice

  The Indiana Gazette's annual Readers' Choice awards for Indiana County, Pennsylvania, home to Indiana University of Pennsylvania, not the state of Indiana. The public nominates and votes online at indianagazette.com for businesses around the county seat, Blairsville, Homer City, and Saltsburg.

• Indiana High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan-vote recognition published at si.com by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), covering every IHSAA member school across all three Indiana prep sports seasons. Voting is unlimited, free, and open through Sunday 11:59 p.m.

• Indiana High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Spring season fan-vote award published by IndyStar (Gannett / USA TODAY Network) and High School on SI, naming the top Indiana prep baseball player. All IHSAA member schools are eligible; readers vote free online at the close of each IHSAA spring season.

• Indiana High School Football Player of the Week

  The Indiana Preps Sports Network statewide weekly reader poll crowns a prep football standout each week of the regular season. Editors and fans alike submit nominees via email; vote percentages and total counts are published with every winner announcement — and Week 3 of 2025 was decided by exactly 21 votes.

• Indiana High School Player of the Year

  Season-end fan-vote award published by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/indiana, recognising the top Indiana prep athlete per sport at the close of each IHSAA season. No per-vote cap; all 400-plus IHSAA member schools eligible.

• Indiana SI Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  High School on SI's season-end fan vote for Indiana boys basketball, published at si.com/high-school/indiana. Nominees are chosen editorially from standout performances across every IHSAA class, then combined onto one statewide ballot rather than following the state tournament's four-class split. Free to vote, no account required.

• Indiana SI Football 3A Player of the Year

  Statewide fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/indiana, merging all six IHSAA football classes into one combined ballot instead of a stand-alone Class 3A contest. Free to vote, no account needed; the nominee field is chosen editorially from standout performances across every enrollment tier, not through fan nomination.

• Indiana SI Football 4A Player of the Year

  Statewide fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/indiana, pooling all six IHSAA football classes into a single combined ballot instead of a Class 4A-only contest. Free to vote, no account needed; the field is chosen editorially from standout performances across every enrollment tier, not through fan nomination.

• Indiana SI Football 5A Player of the Year

  Statewide fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/indiana, folding Indiana football's six IHSAA classes — 1A through 6A — into one combined ballot rather than a Class 5A-only contest. Free to vote, no account needed; nominees are chosen editorially from the season's standout performances across every enrollment tier.

• Indiana SI Football 6A Player of the Year

  Statewide fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/indiana, covering Indiana football's full IHSAA class ladder — Class 1A through Class 6A — on one combined ballot rather than a per-class contest. Free to vote, no account needed; nominees are chosen editorially from the season's standout performances.

• Indiana SI Football Player of the Year

  High School on SI's season-end statewide fan vote for Indiana football, published at si.com/high-school/indiana. One ballot covers every IHSAA class at once rather than splitting by enrollment size. The confirmed 2024 field carried eight nominees, including a Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School entrant. Free to vote, no account required.

• Indiana SI Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Free statewide fan vote from High School on SI for Indiana girls basketball, hosted at si.com/high-school/indiana. One combined ballot spans all four IHSAA enrollment classes rather than crowning a winner per class. The Indiana desk builds the nominee field editorially, and the ballot typically opens once the girls' state finals wrap in February.

• Indiana SI Girls Softball Player of the Year

  Free statewide fan vote from High School on SI for Indiana girls softball, hosted at si.com/high-school/indiana. One combined ballot spans all four IHSAA classes, not a separate winner per class. The Indiana desk builds the nominee field editorially; voting typically opens once the softball state finals wrap in June.

• Indianapolis Monthly Readers' Choice

  Indianapolis Monthly's annual reader ballot spanning roughly 150 categories across restaurants, services, shopping, and professionals, run online at vote.indianapolismonthly.com.

• IndyStar Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan-vote poll published at indystar.com by The Indianapolis Star (Gannett / USA TODAY Network) on the SecondStreet platform, recognising the top Indianapolis-metro high school athlete each IHSAA sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account required.

• IndyStar Indiana Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The Indianapolis Star's statewide fan vote for Indiana's best girls basketball performance of the week. IndyStar sports desk picks the nominees; anyone can vote embedded in the article; the poll closes noon Wednesday in the regular season, and the regionals round pushed the close to noon Friday — a deadline that does not stay fixed across the tournament, so the day you have to check is never a given.

• InForum Best of the Red River Valley

  A 130+ category readers-choice ballot for Fargo-Moorhead: nominate, advance to finalists, then a fall vote that has topped 225,000 ballots in a single cycle.

• Iowa Boys Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/iowa naming Iowa's boys soccer Player of the Year by class. Candidates are published in a dedicated SI article; per-class winners are announced after the state tournament. Free vote, no account required.

• Iowa City Community's Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards runs Iowa City Community's Choice Awards, a Gannett-affiliated readers-choice program, at yourchoiceawards.com/iowacity/, where the public nominates and votes for local businesses. No published category list, vote cap, or fixed nomination and close dates accompany those confirmed facts; verify current-cycle specifics directly on the organizer's site.

• Iowa City Parade of Homes People's Choice

  Iowa City Area HBA runs a Parade of Homes People's Choice award decided during the tour itself, not on a public ballot page. H&H Home Builders took the 2025 title. No standalone vote portal turned up in research for this guide, so confirm the current mechanic straight from the organizer.

• Iowa Class 1A Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa naming the top boys basketball player in Iowa's Class 1A each season. Free public vote, no account required; the 2024-25 preseason ballot drew over 12,000 total votes.

• Iowa Class 1A Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote recognition run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa for Iowa's Class 1A football division. A confirmed 2025 preseason ballot featured seven nominees; end-of-season voting has also run on the platform. Free public vote, no account required.

• Iowa Class 1A Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual High School on SI / SBLive award naming the top player in Iowa's IGHSAU Class 1A girls basketball — the smallest girls classification — with an editorial announcement after the March state tournament.

• Iowa Class 2A Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa naming the top boys basketball player in Iowa's Class 2A each season. Free public vote, no account required; preseason and end-of-season cycles both confirmed active.

• Iowa Class 2A Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa naming the top football player in Iowa's Class 2A each season. Free public vote, no account required; separate end-of-season and preseason cycles both confirmed.

• Iowa Class 2A Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote recognition from High School on SI / SBLive for Iowa's IGHSAU Class 2A girls basketball, with a preseason ballot and an editorial award announced after the March state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

• Iowa Class 3A Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual public-vote Iowa Class 3A boys basketball recognition from High School on SI / SBLive, with preseason voting, midseason finalist coverage, and a March award cycle tied to the IHSAA winter season.

• Iowa Class 3A Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa naming the top football player among Iowa's mid-enrollment schools. The 2024 winner, Coen Matson of Humboldt, also captured the overall Iowa Football Player of the Year with 64.71 percent of all-class votes.

• Iowa Class 3A Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award from High School on SI / SBLive naming the top girls basketball player in Iowa's IGHSAU Class 3A each season, with a preseason ballot and end-of-season editorial award after the March state tournament.

• Iowa Class 4A Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual High School on SI / SBLive Iowa boys basketball recognition for Class 4A players, with public preseason and finalist voting tied to the IHSAA winter season.

• Iowa Class 4A Football Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa recognizing the top football player from Iowa's mid-large enrollment schools. Free public poll, no login required, closes November 30.

• Iowa Class 4A Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa naming the top girls basketball player in Iowa's IGHSAU Class 4A each season. Free public vote, no account required; both 2024-25 and 2025-26 cycles confirmed active.

• Iowa Class 5A Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa honoring the top football player among Iowa's largest-enrollment schools. Free public poll, no account needed; closes November 30 each season.

• Iowa Class 5A Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual High School on SI / SBLive Iowa girls basketball award covering the IGHSAU Class 5A level, with fan finalist voting before the post-state tournament winner is announced.

• Iowa Class A Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/iowa for Iowa's Class A — the smallest eleven-player IHSAA division. Confirmed 2024 nominees include Brady Bixel and Carter Kunze, who also starred in the 2024 title game. Free public vote, no account required; poll closes November 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Iowa Football Player of the Year — Class 1A

  Annual fan poll from High School on SI naming the top football player among Iowa's Class 1A programs — a small-school tier of roughly 48 schools enrolling well under 200 students. A confirmed 2025 preseason ballot opened in August; a season-ending edition follows the playoffs each November, free and open with no account required.

• Iowa Football Player of the Year — Class 2A

  Annual fan poll from High School on SI naming the top football player among Iowa's Class 2A programs — the state's fourth-largest IHSAA enrollment tier, roughly 48 schools. A preseason ballot opens in August; a season-ending edition follows the playoffs and closes near November 30, free and open with no account required.

• Iowa Football Player of the Year — Class 3A

  Annual fan poll from High School on SI naming the top football player among Iowa's Class 3A programs — the state's third-largest enrollment tier, roughly 36 schools. A preseason ballot opens in August; a season-ending edition follows the playoffs and closes near November 30, free and open with no account required.

• Iowa Football Player of the Year — Class 4A

  Annual fan poll from High School on SI (formerly SBLive Sports) naming the top football player among Iowa's Class 4A programs — the state's second-largest enrollment tier, roughly 36 schools sitting just below the 5A cutoff. The ballot runs a preseason edition in August and a season-ending edition that closes around November 30, free to the public with no account required.

• Iowa Football Player of the Year — Class A

  Annual fan poll from High School on SI naming the top player among Iowa's Class A programs, the state's smallest eleven-player IHSAA tier and a separate division from the 8-Player class. A preseason ballot opens in August; the season-ending edition follows the November playoffs, closing near November 30, free and open with no account required.

• Iowa Football Preseason Player of the Year — Class 2A

  Summer fan vote from High School on SI, naming preseason favorites among Iowa's Class 2A football programs before the season's first snap. Covers the state's fourth-largest IHSAA enrollment tier, roughly 48 schools. The 2025 window opened in August and closed around August 24, free and separate from November's season-ending Class 2A ballot.

• Iowa Football Preseason Player of the Year — Class 3A

  Summer fan vote from High School on SI, naming preseason favorites among Iowa's Class 3A football programs before the season's first snap. Covers the state's third-largest IHSAA enrollment tier, roughly 36 schools. The 2025 window opened in August and closed around August 24, free and separate from November's season-ending Class 3A ballot.

• Iowa Girls Basketball Player of the Year – Class 5A

  High School on SI runs an open, uncapped finalist vote each February for Iowa's IGHSAU Class 5A girls basketball field, then confirms the season's Player of the Year after the March state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. No account and no per-device limit; the award itself isn't decided by raw vote count alone.

• Iowa High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly statewide fan poll on High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) recognising outstanding Iowa prep athletes from every IHSAA conference and classification — Cedar Rapids to Sioux City, Dubuque to Council Bluffs. Voting at si.com/high-school/iowa, free, no account. Closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Iowa High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual class-by-class fan-vote award for Iowa prep boys basketball, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/iowa. Covers all four IHSAA boys basketball classes (1A–4A). Free public vote, no account required, closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on the published end date.

• Iowa High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs Iowa's only statewide weekly fan-vote poll at si.com, closing every Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. During football season the ballot carries 4–14 football nominees alongside other fall sports — a multi-sport structure that shapes how campaigns win.

• Iowa High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/iowa, naming a Player of the Year in each IHSAA class for football, basketball, soccer, and other sports. Free public vote, no account required, closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on the final poll date.

• Iowa High School Volleyball Player of the Year

  Annual class-by-class fan-vote award for Iowa girls volleyball run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/iowa. Covers all five IGHSAU classifications (1A–5A) in the fall season. Free public vote, no account required, closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on the published end date.

• Iowa High School Wrestler of the Year

  Annual statewide award run by iawrestle.com naming a Dan Gable Mr. and Ms. Wrestler of the Year across Iowa boys and girls classes. Public fan voting runs two rounds each winter season at iawrestle.com — free, once per day per voter — and the fan ballot is one of thirteen weighted votes deciding the final winner. IHSAA / IGHSAU sanctioned.

• Iowa's Best Burger Contest

  WHO-13's Iowa's Best Burger Contest narrows roughly 400 nominated restaurants down to a statewide Top 10, then decides the winner by online vote. The 2025 champion was Halftime Bar & Grill in Pleasantville, chosen from about 6,000 votes cast. The 2026 Top 10 is already named at weareiowa.com, with the current vote count pending.

• Ivy Tech Journal & Courier 1A/2A Softball Player of the Year

  Where do Indiana supporters vote in the Ivy Tech Journal & Courier 1A/2A Softball Player of the Year? At poll.fm/17132900, a Crowdsignal ballot that opened in September and closed in November 2026. The program honors top softball athletes from Indiana high schools in the 1A and 2A classifications, with voting managed by the Journal-Courier newspaper.

• Jackson-Area High School Football Player of the Week

  The MLive / Jackson Citizen Patriot regional fan vote for the best Jackson-area prep football performance of the week. Embedded on mlive.com via poll.fm — 1 vote per device per hour, closes Thursday morning, and covers a tight geographic field that includes Lumen Christi, Parma Western, Napoleon, and ten other county-area programs.

• Janesville CommunityVotes

  CommunityVotes' Janesville readers'-choice program, running live for the 2026 cycle at janesville.communityvotes.com. The public votes directly on that site for local businesses rather than through a print ballot or a newspaper's own portal. Category list, nomination window, and any vote cap are unpublished here; confirm each on the live page.

• Jax PBS Kids Writers Contest

  WJCT, the Jacksonville, Florida public media station, runs the Jax PBS Kids Writers Contest for children in grades K-3 at wjct.org/writerscontest. Two confirmed editions back the program, 2024 and 2026, with a January 1 contest start and a public voting round that has run different windows in different years. A category list and voting rules are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Jersey Bites Monmouth County Readers' Choice

  Jersey Bites runs a Monmouth County readers' choice covering six named food categories, Romantic, Seafood, Waterfront, Breakfast, Pizza, and Burgers, voted online at jerseybites.com. It's a food-only ballot from a dining blog, not a general business award like its Jersey Shore neighbors.

• Jersey Choice Restaurant Poll

  New Jersey Monthly's statewide dining readers' poll, split into North, Central, and South regional ballots across dozens of restaurant categories, now in its 42nd consecutive year.

• Jersey Choice Top Dentists

  New Jersey Monthly's Jersey Choice Top Dentists names 614 dentists across 11 specialties, chosen by fellow dentists asked which peers they would send their own families to. Results publish each July at njmonthly.com/find-a-dentist/. There is no public ballot; the public cannot nominate or vote.

• Jersey Sports Zone Football Game Ball

  The weekly Jersey Sports Zone fan vote for New Jersey high school football's "Game Ball." Reporters nominate standout performances from North, Central, and South Jersey on a single statewide ballot, and fans vote for the week's winner through Tuesday 3:00 p.m.

• Johnson City Press Athlete of the Week

  Johnson City Press runs a fan-vote Athlete of the Week poll inside its sports coverage of the Tri-Cities (Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol) and the broader northeast Tennessee region. No single dedicated franchise URL, vote cap, or close time is confirmed in the public record; check the live sports section for current details.

• Joplin Globe Cutest Pet Contest

  Unlike Missouri's business-focused readers'-choice polls, the Joplin Globe's Cutest Pet Contest is a photo vote for pets, run through Second Street at joplinglobe.secondstreetapp.com and covering Joplin, Missouri. Two rounds are on the confirmed page, 2024 and 2025, with the 2025 vote running June 26 through July 27, 2025, closed once that window ended. Neither a species breakdown for dogs, cats and other pets nor a per-voter limit shows up in what's published, so anyone wanting either detail should watch joplinglobe.secondstreetapp.com directly once a new round is announced; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Joplin Globe Favorites of the Four States

  Favorites of the Four States has run longer than most ballots like it, five confirmed rounds between 2022 and 2026, hosted by the Joplin Globe at joplinglobe.secondstreetapp.com. The most recent, in 2026, ran March 16 through June 20. The ballot page lists no category roster and no per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• KAIT Region 8 Athlete of the Month

  KAIT / K8 News runs a free monthly fan-vote poll at kait8.com for Region 8, Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri, naming a Boys Athlete of the Month and a Girls Athlete of the Month in separate ballots covering every sport. Nominations open the 1st–15th, voting runs the 16th through the end of the month, and the program has run every school year since at least 2022.

• Kalamazoo Parade of Homes People's Choice

  The Kalamazoo HBA's Parade of Homes People's Choice ballot lives at kalamazoohomepage.com/peopleschoice and opens only during the parade's own event window. Visitors who tour the show homes cast the vote, so a campaign built around a fixed calendar date rather than the actual tour dates will find the page closed.

• Kane County Magazine Finest

  Kane County Chronicle runs Kane County Magazine Finest on a Second Street ballot at kanecounty.secondstreetapp.com, and the 2026 voting window is tight: confirmed open just August 29 through September 14. It is the program's second confirmed edition after 2025, though the Chronicle has not published that earlier edition's exact dates, so there is no way yet to compare how the window shifts year to year. A breakdown of entry categories and a limit on votes per supporter are also missing, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle before a Kane County business commits to a plan around either one.

• Kane County's Coolest Car Photo Contest

  Kane County Chronicle, a weekly paper based in St. Charles, hosts Kane County's Coolest Car Photo Contest on Second Street at kanecounty.secondstreetapp.com. Archived evidence puts the total at two editions, 2024 and 2025, and the latest entry window closed May 17 after opening April 22, 2025. Neither a category breakdown nor a per-voter limit has surfaced for this photo ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Kansas City Engaged Couples' Choice Awards

  The Kansas City Engaged Couples' Choice Awards is a public-vote wedding vendor recognition program run by Kansas City Engaged, a Kansas-based wedding resource platform. Confirmed editions span 2025 and 2026. Nominations and voting open each October, with winners announced in November. The ballot is hosted on the organizer's own site at kcengagedshow.com.

• Kansas City Magazine's Best of KC

  Kansas City Magazine's Best of KC readers-choice program at kansascitymag.com, run separately from The Pitch's own Best of KC ballot. The magazine published for years as 435 Magazine before its current rebrand. Voting runs through a third-party-administered platform under a no-pay-to-play policy; confirm categories and dates on the live site.

• Kansas High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly Kansas prep sports award presented by Hy-Vee and KSHB 41 (Scripps Media NBC affiliate, Kansas City). KSHB sports staff selects nominees from KSHSAA-member schools across all six classifications; fans vote free online at kshb.com with no account required. Runs year-round through every KSHSAA season.

• KBZK Bozeman Athlete of the Week

  The KBZK (CBS affiliate, Bozeman) community Athlete of the Week feature for Gallatin Valley high school sports, a nomination-driven page published on KBZK's community section during the school-year season, run on the same MontanaSports-network format as sister station KTVQ in Billings.

• KC Parade of Homes People's Choice

  KCHBA's KC Parade of Homes runs twice a year, a Spring and a Fall home tour, each carrying two named awards, Pick of the Parade and Distinctive Plan & Design. The 2025 Spring cycle's results were announced April 30, 2025. Voting details live at kc.paradeofhomes.io, backed by KCHBA's main site, kchba.org.

• KCTV5 Hy-Vee Team of the Week

  The KCTV5 (CBS, Nexstar) weekly fan vote for the Kansas City metro's Hy-Vee Team of the Week, a team-based poll, not an individual-athlete ballot, covering high school programs on both the Missouri and Kansas sides of the metro. KCTV5 runs the embedded poll on its high school sports pages during the school sports calendar, and any visitor can vote for the school program they want to see recognized.

• Kennebec Journal Readers' Choice

  Kennebec Journal's annual Readers' Choice Awards recognizes central Maine businesses chosen by public vote, run by the paper under Maine Trust for Local News. The 2025 ceremony took place in October 2025, with branding kept separate from sister paper Morning Sentinel despite sharing one publisher.

• Kentucky High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan-vote recognition published at si.com by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), covering every KHSAA member school across all three Kentucky prep sports seasons. Voting is unlimited, free, and open through Sunday 11:59 p.m.

• Kentucky High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI hub (SBLive) at si.com/high-school/kentucky, decided after the KHSAA spring baseball season ends and separate from the KHSAA's own 2026 State Tournament All-Tournament Team and postseason awards. Free, no account required; no vote cap is currently published for this ballot.

• Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/kentucky/boys-basketball, naming a Kentucky Boys Basketball Player of the Year after the KHSAA winter season across all six classifications. It runs separately from Kentucky Mr. Basketball's closed media panel and from SBLive's all-sport, weekly, and Player of the Year ballots.

• Kentucky High School Football Player of the Week

  The SBLive / High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best Kentucky prep football performance each week. Editors nominate 8–10 standouts, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. — a full day earlier than the SI regional polls that run in Texas.

• Kentucky High School Football Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI hub (SBLive) at si.com/high-school/kentucky, decided after the KHSAA football season ends and separate from the Kentucky Football Coaches Association's district-level, class-based honors. The 2024 statewide vote closed 65.3% to the winning nominee out of 19,539 votes cast — free, no account required.

• Kentucky High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/kentucky/girls-basketball, naming a Kentucky Girls Basketball Player of the Year after the KHSAA winter season. A live Top 25 rankings feature, confirmed active January 2026, feeds the nominee pool, apart from the KVCA Girls Player of the Year honor.

• Kentucky High School Player of the Year

  Season-end fan-vote Player of the Year recognition run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/kentucky, covering all KHSAA-sanctioned sports and classifications statewide. No per-vote cap; polls close at 11:59 p.m. on the stated deadline. Annual, sport-specific.

• Kentucky High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI hub (SBLive) at si.com/high-school/kentucky/softball, decided once the KHSAA spring softball season ends. South Warren's softball program was ranked No. 1 in the nation for the 2025 season. Free to vote; no account required; no vote cap is currently published.

• Kentucky Living's Best in Kentucky

  Kentucky Living magazine's statewide readers-choice vote, with February nominations, a May 1-31 public ballot capped at one vote per day per email address, and the 2025 winners announced live on August 13 at kentuckyliving.com.

• KETK East Texas Athlete of the Week

  The CHRISTUS Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute Athlete of the Week, KETK/FOX51's multi-sport fan vote for the Tyler-Longview-Nacogdoches corridor, hosted on a dedicated station page rather than a single weekly article.

• KHON2 Cover2 Defensive Player of the Year

  One of six statewide categories inside KHON2's Cover2 Hawaii High School Football Awards, honoring the top defensive standout across every HHSAA league. The public fan vote sets one-third of the score; coaches' and media panels hold the other two-thirds. Free, no account required.

• KHON2 Cover2 Hawaii High School Football Awards

  KHON2's statewide "Cover2" football awards across six categories, where the public fan vote settles only one-third of each result and coaches plus media panels hold the rest.

• KHON2 Cover2 Offensive Player of the Year

  One of six statewide categories inside KHON2's Cover2 Hawaii High School Football Awards, honoring the top offensive standout across every HHSAA league. The public fan vote sets one-third of the score; coaches' and media panels hold the other two-thirds. Free, no account required.

• Kilgore News Herald Readers' Choice Awards

  Kilgore News Herald publishes its Readers' Choice Awards through Second Street at kilgorenewsherald.secondstreetapp.com, with the 2026 round listed as one combined nomination-and-voting stage rather than two separate phases. Three straight years are confirmed, 2024, 2025, and 2026, and the most recent round ran January 12 through March 2 before closing. Whatever category structure or voting limit the paper eventually applies is not printed anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• KMMS Best Dog

  KMMS Best Dog is a September dog-photo vote run directly by KMMS-AM at kmmsam.com, the Bozeman, Montana station behind it. Archived pages confirm the vote running across ten separate years, 2017 through 2026. No day-level dates, category list, or vote cap are published for the current cycle; confirm each on the live ballot.

• Knox Stars Community Choice

  Knox News Sentinel's Knoxville readers' awards, run on Gannett's shared yourchoiceawards.com platform, with a 2026 nominations phase confirmed live at yourchoiceawards.com/knoxville/.

• Knoxville HBA Parade of Homes

  HBA of Greater Knoxville's annual Parade of Homes People's Choice award, decided on-site by attendees who register and tour the featured builder homes rather than by an open web ballot. Current-cycle dates and categories are published each year at hbaknoxville.com.

• Knoxville News Sentinel Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at knoxnews.com, hosted by the Knoxville News Sentinel's PrepXtra high school sports brand (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), honouring the top East Tennessee prep athlete each season. One vote per hour per device, no account required.

• KNWA Cutest Pet Contest

  KNWA's Cutest Pet Contest is an annual pet-photo vote run on the Second Street platform at knwanews.secondstreetapp.com, organized by the Arkansas radio outlet KNWA. Five straight years are confirmed, 2022 through 2026, with the 2026 window running August 1 through September 1. No category breakdown, vote cap, or per-voter rule appears anywhere in what's published; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• KOLN Lincoln Athlete of the Week

  KOLN/KGIN's 10/11 NOW covers Lincoln-area prep sports with a weekly Athlete of the Week profile at 1011now.com. Confirmed programs include Lincoln Northeast; the profile format (public vote vs. staff pick) is not fixed and should be checked on each week's live post before assuming a ballot exists.

• KPC News Readers' Choice

  Nominations for KPC News Readers' Choice ran April 1 through April 30, according to the FAQ page The News Sun keeps at kpcnews.com. That 2026 cycle then moved into a Voting Round of June 1 through June 16, with winners announced July 25. Three confirmed editions stand behind this Indiana ballot so far: 2024, 2025 and 2026. Beyond those three dates, the FAQ page names no categories and never says whether a repeat visit to the ballot counts twice; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• KPRC 2 Houston Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at click2houston.com, presented by Rhythm Energy, honouring outstanding Greater Houston high school athletes each UIL sports season. Produced by KPRC 2, NBC Houston's broadcast affiliate (Graham Media Group). Readers vote online via the Click2Vote widget — no account required.

• KPVI East Idaho GMC Dealers Athlete of the Week

  The weekly Fan Vote Player of the Week from KPVI NBC 6 Pocatello, sponsored by East Idaho GMC Dealers, a multi-sport public poll covering prep athletes across the Pocatello, Chubbuck, and Blackfoot area, with voting closing Friday afternoon.

• KQTV Best of St. Joe

  St. Joseph, Missouri's Best of St. Joe readers' poll runs through KQTV's Second Street ballot at kq2.secondstreetapp.com. Nine straight editions are confirmed between 2017 and 2025; the latest one opened February 14 and closed April 21, 2025. No category list or vote cap shows up on that page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle before nominations open again.

• KQTV Fans Choice

  Unlike Missouri's magazine-run best-of polls, KQTV's Fans Choice runs as a nomination-and-voting ballot through Second Street at kq2.secondstreetapp.com. The 2025 edition opened August 29 and closed November 14, 2025, the program's second confirmed year after 2024's cycle at the same address. Neither a rundown of ballot categories nor a supporter voting limit shows up past that closed window; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle once the next Fans Choice cycle opens.

• KQTV Play of the Week

  KQTV Play of the Week is a Missouri television station's weekly video vote for a standout play, hosted on the Second Street platform at kq2.secondstreetapp.com. This is not a single annual ballot: archived pages span six seasons, 2020 through 2025, built from dozens of separate weekly cycles, with one archived week numbered as high as Week 17. The most recently confirmed weekly window, in the 2025 season, ran October 28 through October 31. Which sport the plays come from, any category breakdown, and a vote-cap rule are not published; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• KRQE Mesa Tractor Athlete of the Week

  The weekly fan vote KRQE News 13 runs with Mesa Tractor during the New Mexico high school football season, a new nominee slate posted most weeks, an embedded poll on krqe.com/sports/friday-night-football/, and each weekly winner added to the season-long pool that feeds the year-end Mesa Tractor Student Athlete of the Year vote.

• KSHB 41 Hy-Vee Athlete of the Week

  The KSHB 41 (NBC, Scripps) weekly fan vote for the Kansas City metro's Hy-Vee Athlete of the Week, an individual-athlete ballot covering high school sports across the Missouri and Kansas sides of the metro. KSHB publishes and hosts the poll on its own sports pages, and the vote is a separate program from the team-based Hy-Vee poll a rival Kansas City station runs under the same sponsor name.

• KSL Sports Utah County Football Player of the Week

  The "Mr. Mac Utah County High School Player of the Week", a free weekly fan-vote poll run by KSL Sports and sponsored by Mr. Mac, covering football programs across Utah County (Provo, Orem, American Fork, and surrounding cities) each week of the fall season. No account required to vote.

• KTVB High School Sports Idaho

  KTVB, Boise's dominant NBC-affiliate station, runs its own high school sports fan-vote coverage, structurally separate from the statewide SBLive/Sports Illustrated Idaho Athlete of the Week ballot. Voting is free and public. The exact weekly page, close time, and per-device limit aren't published here, confirm them live on ktvb.com each cycle.

• KTVQ Billings Athlete of the Week

  The KTVQ (Q2, Billings' CBS affiliate) community Athlete of the Week program for Yellowstone County high school sports, a nomination-driven feature published on KTVQ's community page during the school-year season, with the same program structure as sister MontanaSports-network station KBZK in Bozeman.

• KWQC-TV6 Spotlight Athlete of the Week

  The weekly Quad Cities fan vote run by KWQC-TV6 (NBC) at kwqc.com, spotlighting standout Iowa and Illinois prep athletes from Davenport, Bettendorf, Clinton, and Maquoketa to the Illinois side of the river. Free public poll, no account required, closes Wednesday at noon.

• La Crosse Tribune Readers' Choice

  La Crosse Tribune's own readers-choice best-of vote for Coulee Region businesses, hosted at lacrossetribune.com/contests/readers-choice. The Tribune has not published a category list, a vote cap, or fixed dates for this program anywhere this guide could confirm.

• La Crosse Tribune Supernova Athlete of the Week

  A weekly reader poll from the La Crosse Tribune (Gannett): five area high school athletes across every sport, one standout performance picked by fan vote. No dedicated poll page exists yet, the ballot runs inside the paper's sports coverage at lacrossetribune.com/sports, and the Coulee Region has had no vote-guide page on this site until now.

• LA Weekly Best of Los Angeles

  Annual LA Weekly readers-choice awards covering Los Angeles businesses, places, and people, with public online voting across 200+ categories.

• Lagniappe Nappie Awards

  Lagniappe's readers-choice ballot for Mobile, Alabama. Finalists move from public nomination to a vote at votenappies.com, capped at once per day per category, with winners named at a live ceremony at the Saenger Theatre.

• Lakeshore HBA Parade of Homes People's Choice

  Lakeshore HBA runs the Parade of Homes People's Choice award in the Holland/Zeeland area of West Michigan, confirmed to open the first two weekends of June at lakeshoreparadeofhomes.com. The exact voting mechanic, cap, and category list aren't published anywhere located for this guide; the live site is the only source each cycle.

• LancasterOnline Readers' Choice

  LancasterOnline's annual Readers' Choice ballot for Lancaster County, run by LNP Media Group at lancasteronline.com/readerschoice/, distinct from the separate Lancaster County Magazine Best of Lancaster survey covering the same county. Confirmed active for 2026, with category and cap details to verify on the live page each cycle.

• Lansing Community Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards Lansing's annual readers-choice program for Michigan's capital city and the wider Greater Lansing area, run on a Gannett platform at yourchoiceawards.com/lansing, with the 2025 cycle's winners and finalists confirmed as published and the program run separately from the local outlet City Pulse.

• Lansing State Journal Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at lansingstatejournal.com run by the Lansing State Journal (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), honouring a top Greater Lansing and Mid-Michigan high school athlete each week of the MHSAA sports calendar. One vote per hour per device, no account required.

• Laramie's Best of the Best

  The Laramie Boomerang's annual readers-choice ballot for Albany County, 142 categories deep, that ends with an in-person awards banquet rather than a quiet online results post.

• Lawrence Journal-World Holiday Recipe Contest

  Lawrence Journal-World, the Lawrence, Kansas newspaper, runs the Holiday Recipe Contest at extra.ljworld.com on the Second Street platform. Four separate editions are confirmed, 2023 through 2026, with the 2026 ballot open October 30 through November 20. Whether recipes get sorted into categories, or how often one supporter may vote, is nowhere in the current listing; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Leighton Broadcasting Best of Local High School Sports

  Leighton, the St. Cloud, Minnesota radio and marketing group, runs Best of Local High School Sports at leighton-stcloud.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions back this prep-sports ballot, 2020 through 2025, with the most recent window running September 22 through November 1, 2025, now closed. Unlike Minnesota's other best-of business polls, this one names only local high school athletics as its subject. St. Cloud's own listing keeps the category breakdown and any daily-vote rule unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• LEO Weekly Readers' Choice

  LEO Weekly's Readers' Choice awards Louisville-area businesses through a two-round ballot: readers submit nominations first, then the top 10 finalists in each category move to a final public vote at vote.leoweekly.com, with winners recognized at the program's Oct. 23 celebration party each year.

• Lewiston Tribune Prep Athlete of the Week

  The Lewiston Tribune's weekly fan-vote poll for the top prep athlete across the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley, covering Lewiston, Clarkston, Pullman, Moscow, Lapwai, and the Prairie area on both sides of the Idaho-Washington border. Polls close Wednesday evening; anyone can vote at no cost.

• Lexington Herald-Leader Athlete of the Week

  Recurring Athlete of the Week recognition from the Lexington Herald-Leader (McClatchy) for Central Kentucky prep athletes, centered on Fayette County and the surrounding Bluegrass counties. Separate from Kentucky's statewide SI/SBLive poll and Louisville's Courier Journal poll. Free public vote at kentucky.com; confirm the current cycle's vote cap and close day on the live poll page.

• Lexington Tour of Remodeled Homes

  The Building Industry Association of Central Kentucky's annual Tour of Remodeled Homes lets Central Kentucky visitors walk through member-built renovation projects and vote for a People's Choice favorite, with details at biacentralky.com. The 2025 tour featured nine projects, and Bluegrass Haven Construction took that year's People's Choice title.

• Life is Precious Baby Photo Contest (Medina County Right to Life)

  Voting for the Life is Precious Baby Photo Contest runs August 15 through September 30, 2026, on gogophotocontest.com/lifeisprecious at one dollar per vote, organized by Medina County Right to Life in Medina County, Ohio. The organizer's own page calls the 2026 run its "12th Annual Life is Precious - Baby Photo Contest," while archived editions of the page place confirmed runnings in 2023 and 2026. Whether a roster of ballot categories exists, or a ceiling on how often one supporter may give, isn't printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Lincoln Parade of Homes

  Home Builders Association of Lincoln's Parade of Homes, an annual builder-industry showcase at hbal.org/parade held across spring and fall cycles. HBAL member builders open newly built model homes for public touring; whether a formal People's Choice vote is active each cycle isn't confirmed here, so check hbal.org/parade before planning a campaign.

• Lincoln's Choice Awards

  Lincoln Journal Star and GoodLifeNetwork's annual Lincoln's Choice Awards, fan nominated and fan voted with no judges' panel. The 2025 cycle logged roughly 89,000 nominations and 369,000 votes, with Union Bank & Trust presenting and winners honored each April at the Rococo Theatre, streamed live on GoodLifeNetwork.tv.

• Litchfield Magazine Readers' Choice

  Litchfield Magazine's annual Readers' Choice survey covers businesses across Litchfield County, Connecticut, with confirmed categories spanning dentist, contractor, and restaurant plus a dedicated Hidden Gem award. The top three finishers in each category run in print, and 2026 winners were announced in February.

• Little Rock Soirée Recommends

  Little Rock Soirée Magazine's Soirée Recommends feature, culminating each year in the Platinum Service Awards, recognizes local professionals across five categories, Beauty/Wellness, Events, Home, Kids, and Shopping, with the 2025 cycle confirmed live through the magazine's own website and Instagram.

• LNP Lancaster City Window Decorating Contest

  LNP Media Group, publisher of LancasterOnline, runs the Lancaster City Window Decorating Contest on the Second Street network at lnpmediagroup.secondstreetapp.com. Five editions are confirmed: 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025, with the most recent window running November 28 through December 16, 2025, already closed. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• lohud Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The Journal News / lohud reader poll for the best Section 1 boys basketball performance of the week — Westchester and Rockland counties. Polls open Monday, close Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET, and the winner is announced on lohud sports social media. Sponsored by White Plains Hospital.

• Lohud Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The Journal News / lohud fan vote for the best girls basketball performance in Section 1 — Westchester and Rockland counties, New York. Sponsored by White Plains Hospital, votes are unlimited, and the ballot closes Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. ET — a mid-week hard stop unlike any of the Sunday-night SI polls.

• Louisiana High School Athlete of the Week

  High School on SI (si.com/high-school/louisiana) runs a free weekly statewide fan vote each school-sports season, spotlighting top Louisiana prep performers across all LHSAA classes — 5A through 1A and select Divisions I–IV. Open ballot, no registration required.

• Louisiana High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Free annual fan-vote hosted by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/louisiana, honoring the top Louisiana prep boys basketball player by LHSAA classification. Separate Class 5A through 1A polls run after each winter season ends; no registration required. Run by SBLive Sports under the Sports Illustrated High School banner.

• Louisiana High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide Louisiana fan vote — technically "Athlete of the Week" but 87–100% football nominees during the fall season. Voting closes 11:59 p.m. PT Sunday, with no cap on manual votes. Nominations go to [email protected] by 4 p.m. Sunday.

• Louisiana High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote series run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/louisiana, crowning the top LHSAA prep athlete per sport across all five classification levels (1A–5A). Separate polls run for each sport; voting closes 11:59 p.m. PT on each poll's posted deadline.

• Louisville Community Choice Awards

  Louisville, Kentucky gets its Community's Choice Awards from Courier-Journal.com, whose Second Street ballot system sits at courier-journal.gannettcontests.com. Four editions have now closed out, 2023 into 2026, with the most recent nomination stage opening February 6 and ending May 21. Neither a list of categories nor a per-supporter voting limit has surfaced anywhere public; each stays a question for whatever the live ballot happens to show next.

• Louisville Parade of Homes

  Lincoln Trail Home Builders Association runs the Louisville Parade of Homes, an annual builder design vote confirmed for October 17-19, 2025, through a partnership with premierhomesonline.com. Attendees compare showcased new-construction homes and vote for a favorite builder's design; the exact category list and next year's dates need a live-site check each cycle.

• Lowcountry's Best

  Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette's annual readers-choice ballot across 198 categories, the 2025 cycle pulled 233,000+ votes from 1,400+ competing Beaufort County and Lowcountry businesses.

• Lowell Ledger Best of the Best

  The Lowell Ledger, covering Lowell, Michigan, runs Best of the Best on a Second Street ballot hosted through The Daily News's platform account at thedailynews2.secondstreetapp.com. The confirmed window runs July 25 through September 14, 2026, the program's first confirmed edition. Whether a second edition follows, and what categories or limits might eventually govern it, stays unpublished for now; the live ballot is what eventually answers each of those questions.

• Macomb Business Awards

  Macomb County government's annual business recognition program, combining a judged panel with open community nominations, honoring employers across Sterling Heights, Warren, Clinton Township, and the rest of Macomb County at a May gala.

• MadFaves: Madison's Favorites

  Isthmus runs MadFaves, Madison's Favorites, a write-in reader ballot at isthmus.com/madfaves covering roughly 80 categories across the city. Voters type in their own picks rather than choosing from a preset list, and Isthmus, Madison's alt-weekly, is the sole organizer and results publisher.

• Madison Magazine Best of Madison

  Madison Magazine's 45th annual Best of Madison readers' poll, run through Channel3000/WISC-TV, spans 158 categories grouped into 6 sections. Nominations open every February, finalist voting runs each June, and Madison Magazine prints the results in its October issue; the 2025 cycle drew 296,332 votes from 35,307 people.

• Main Street Awards

  Main Street Awards is a public-vote program run by Main Street Media of Tennessee across Middle Tennessee. Unlike single-city ballots, this program spans multiple counties with community newspapers. Voting runs annually, with confirmed editions in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

• Maine High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide weekly fan poll hosted by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media), recognising outstanding Maine high school athletes each sports season. Nominations accepted year-round; voting closes Thursday at midnight, winner announced Friday. One vote per device per day, no registration required.

• Maine High School Athlete of the Week — Fall Season

  Free weekly fan poll run by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor) during Maine's MPA fall sports season: football, cross country, soccer, volleyball, and golf all share one statewide ballot. Class A South programs like Thornton Academy, Cheverus, and Scarborough post the season's largest vote totals. One vote per device per day, no account required.

• Maine High School Athlete of the Week — High School on SI

  High School on SI runs a rotating Athlete of the Week fan vote for Maine, football each fall, basketball each winter, other MPA sports each spring, all through si.com/high-school/maine. Unlimited votes, no account, Sunday 11:59 p.m. close. A February 2025 boys basketball edition topped 15,000 votes, won 64% by an eighth-grade Madawaska nominee.

• Maine High School Athlete of the Week — Spring Season

  Free weekly fan poll run by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor) during Maine's MPA spring sports season: baseball, softball, outdoor track and field, tennis, and lacrosse share one statewide ballot. Aroostook County's Class C and D track programs post the season's most consistent turnout. One vote per device per day, no account required.

• Maine High School Athlete of the Week — Winter Season

  Free winter fan poll run by 92.9 The Ticket (Townsquare Media Bangor) across all MPA winter sports — basketball, hockey, swimming, wrestling, and skiing. Class A North programs anchored around Bangor post the heaviest weeks, and Mr./Miss Basketball finalists regularly appear as nominees. One vote per device per day, no account required.

• Maine High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI / SBLive runs a weekly fan vote for Maine boys basketball during the winter season. Eight nominees from the field — including playoff rounds — compete on the same unlimited-vote SBLive ballot used for the football edition. The poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

• Maine High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI / SBLive runs a statewide weekly fan vote for Maine prep football — editors pick nominees from the weekend's results, anyone can vote with no account required, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Unlike the regional Texas polls, there is only one Maine ballot, so every nomination competes on the same list regardless of classification.

• Maine High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive fan vote for the top Maine girls basketball performance of the week. Editors nominate standouts from Class AA down to Class D; anyone can vote with no account, no cap, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

• Maine High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award hosted by High School on SI (si.com/high-school/maine), naming the top Maine high school football player each season via open public poll. Twenty-thousand-plus voters; winner also typically earns the James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy, Maine's most prestigious senior football honor.

• Maine Parade of Homes People's Choice

  HBRAME's annual Parade of Homes People's Choice award, where the public votes per showcased project through an online JotForm ballot rather than one combined page. Great Northern Builders is a confirmed 2026 entrant; other participants and exact dates should be confirmed on hbrame.org each cycle.

• Maine Restaurant Week Diners' Choice

  Maine Restaurant Association's annual Diners' Choice promotion during Maine Restaurant Week each March, where diners take part through a passport-style vote model and participating restaurants earn People's Choice recognition for real dining visits statewide.

• Mainebiz Readers' Choice

  Mainebiz's annual statewide reader vote on Maine's B2B service sector, law firms, banks, accountants, commercial real estate, IT, and marketing firms, run at mainebiz.biz and confirmed live across both the 2023 and 2024 cycles.

• Mall at Green Hills Nashville Creator Awards

  Nashville already has a theater ballot under the BroadwayWorld banner, but the Mall at Green Hills Nashville Creator Awards is a separate program entirely: The Tennessean runs it on Second Street at tennessean.gannettcontests.com, judging content-creator photo entries rather than stage performances. Dated history here now runs two rounds deep, one that closed in 2025 and a second that carried the program into 2026. The 2026 voting round ran April 6 through May 11, 2026, and has since closed. A published category list and a per-voter limit: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Manhattan Mercury Classroom Champions

  Unlike the citywide business polls covering Overland Park, Topeka, or Wichita, the Manhattan Mercury's Classroom Champions ballot asks Kansas readers to recognize schools and educators rather than storefronts. Run on Second Street at themercury.secondstreetapp.com, the program's most recently confirmed nomination-and-voting window ran April 28 through December 2, 2025, its second confirmed edition after an initial 2024 run. Manhattan Mercury has not published a category list or a per-voter cap for Classroom Champions; both are matters to confirm on the live ballot each cycle rather than assume from an earlier season.

• Manhattan Mercury Readers' Choice

  The Manhattan Mercury's annual Readers' Choice awards for Manhattan, Kansas, voted at themercury.com/readerschoice/. The confirmed record covers the organizer, the official URL, and the annual cadence; the category list, nomination dates, and any vote cap aren't published in what's confirmed here, so the live page is the source each cycle.

• March Mascot Madness

  Annual nationwide 64-mascot single-elimination bracket run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports) each March, determining the best high school mascot in America through public fan voting. Free to vote; no account required. Winners advance round by round through a full NCAA Tournament-style format.

• Marin IJ Readers' Choice

  Marin IJ Readers' Choice is the Marin Independent Journal's countywide awards, published as a Readers' Choice special section at marinijreaderschoice.com. The confirmed record describes the publication format; the vote mechanism and category list aren't detailed. It's a separate program from Pacific Sun's and Marin Magazine's county ballots.

• Marin Magazine's Best of the County

  Marin Magazine's Best of the County is a direct reader vote across eight categories at marinmagazine.com/best-of-the-county/, requiring a 10-vote minimum per business, with winners announced late July. It runs alongside, not instead of, Pacific Sun's and the Marin IJ's separate Marin County ballots.

• Marshall News Messenger Hometown Best

  Marshall News Messenger runs Hometown Best, a Texas readers'-choice ballot hosted at marshallnewsmessenger.secondstreetapp.com on Second Street. Four rounds are confirmed, 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026; the 2026 round ran March 30 through May 25 and has since closed. Whether ballot categories exist or a per-voter limit applies goes unaddressed past that window; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Maryland High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide weekly fan poll at SI.com High School covering Maryland prep athletes across all MPSSAA public classes and MIAA private schools. Voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT. Run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group).

• Maryland High School Baseball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a weekly statewide baseball fan vote at si.com/high-school/maryland each spring (March through June). The May 4, 2026 ballot drew 16 nominees — a deep field that ties the Maryland softball poll's count and spans MPSSAA public schools and MIAA private programs. Voters are limited to once every six hours, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Maryland High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan vote at si.com/high-school/maryland, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group), honouring the top Maryland prep baseball player across both MPSSAA public schools and MIAA private schools statewide.

• Maryland High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a statewide weekly fan vote for Maryland boys basketball each December through March. Unlike the SI Maryland football polls, this one caps at one vote per person per six hours — which changes how a campaign here has to be built.

• Maryland High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan vote at si.com/high-school/maryland, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group), recognising the top Maryland prep boys basketball player across both MPSSAA public schools and MIAA private schools statewide after the winter season concludes each March.

• Maryland High School Boys Lacrosse Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a weekly statewide boys lacrosse fan vote at si.com/high-school/maryland through the spring season (March–June). Unlike the football polls on the same platform, this one limits each voter to once every six hours — a hard cadence that changes how campaigns are built.

• Maryland High School Football Defensive Player of the Week

  High School on SI / SBLive Sports runs this statewide Maryland defensive fan vote separately from the offensive poll — a split introduced in 2025 that created its own distinct ballot, ballot URL, and winner each Sunday. Anyone can vote, no account needed, and the poll closes every Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Maryland High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive statewide fan vote for Maryland's best prep football offensive performance each week. Since 2025, SI runs two separate weekly ballots — offensive and defensive — where one combined poll ran in 2024. Both close Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific; anyone can vote with no account and no stated per-person cap.

• Maryland High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly statewide reader fan-vote for the top Maryland girls basketball performance of the week. Editors set the field; anyone can vote once every six hours on si.com, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — meaning a disciplined six-hour cycle, not a one-shot push, decides these races.

• Maryland High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan vote at si.com/high-school/maryland, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group), crowning the top Maryland prep girls basketball player from both MPSSAA public schools and IAAM private schools statewide each spring after the winter season concludes.

• Maryland High School Girls Lacrosse Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a weekly statewide girls lacrosse fan vote at si.com/high-school/maryland each spring (March–June). Editors pick ten nominees from across all MPSSAA classes and private schools; voters are limited to once every six hours — a cadence that rewards a school whose community shows up repeatedly across a full week, not just once.

• Maryland High School Player of the Year

  Annual fan-voted Player of the Year awards at si.com/high-school/maryland, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group), honouring the top Maryland prep athlete each season in sport-specific categories including boys basketball, softball, and girls flag football — statewide coverage of MPSSAA public and MIAA private schools.

• Maryland High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a weekly statewide softball fan vote at si.com/high-school/maryland each spring (March through June). The confirmed April 20, 2026 ballot listed 16 nominees, including two players from the same school — Boonsboro — appearing on the same poll simultaneously. Voters are capped at once every six hours; the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Maryland High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual girls softball-specific fan-vote award at si.com/high-school/maryland, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group), honouring the top Maryland prep softball player at the close of the MPSSAA spring season — statewide, covering MPSSAA Classes 1A–4A public schools plus WCAC private schools. Voting closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Massachusetts Gatorade Softball Player of the Year

  Annual Gatorade recognition for Massachusetts's top softball player, chosen by nomination and a state selection panel at playeroftheyear.gatorade.com rather than public vote. The 2024-25 honoree posted 232 strikeouts in 102 innings pitched with a 0.412 ERA. All 380-plus MIAA member schools across eight districts are eligible.

• Massachusetts High School Athlete of the Week

  The High School on SI multi-sport fan vote covering Massachusetts spring athletes across baseball, softball, lacrosse, and other spring sports. Unlike the football-specific poll (which closes Sunday), this ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — and it puts a Taunton pitcher and a Belmont Hill lacrosse midfielder on the same list.

• Massachusetts High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive spring fan vote for the best Massachusetts prep baseball performance of the week. SI editors nominate around ten players from across the state, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day later than the Massachusetts football POTW closes on Sundays.

• Massachusetts High School Basketball Player of the Week

  The statewide High School on SI / SBLive Sports fan vote for the top Massachusetts prep basketball performance of the week, running through the MIAA winter season. Editors publish a fresh nominee ballot on the same si.com hub used for the state's other weekly polls, and anyone can vote with no account required.

• Massachusetts High School Football Player of the Week

  The statewide SBLive / High School on SI fan vote for the best Massachusetts prep football performance of the week. Andy Villamarzo's editorial team nominates roughly eight players across all eight MIAA divisions — public and private — and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

• Massachusetts High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  A statewide winter fan vote from High School on SI / SBLive Sports that singles out one standout Massachusetts girls basketball performance each week of the MIAA season. The ballot runs on the same si.com hub used for the network's other Massachusetts weekly polls, and casting a vote needs no account or sign-up.

• Massachusetts High School Player of the Year

  Season-end sport-specific fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/massachusetts, recognising the best Massachusetts prep athlete by sport each school year. Statewide coverage of all MIAA member schools; voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the stated date; no per-vote cap.

• Massachusetts High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI / SBLive runs a weekly fan vote for the best Massachusetts softball performance of the week. Editors nominate around a dozen players; anyone can vote without an account. Unlike the football poll (Sunday close) and baseball poll (Monday close), the softball ballot shuts Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a mid-week deadline that most campaigns miss.

• MassLive / Springfield Republican Reader Raves

  MassLive and the Springfield Republican's Reader Raves readers-choice ballot for Springfield and Western Massachusetts, run online through a Second Street voting form rather than the "Best of" branding used elsewhere in the state.

• MassLive Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at masslive.com, run by MassLive (Advance Local), honouring standout Western Massachusetts and Pioneer Valley prep athletes each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account required.

• MassLive Fall Athlete of the Week

  MassLive's fall-only Athlete of the Week ballot runs weekly at masslive.com from late August through November, drawing nominees from Western Massachusetts football, soccer, field hockey, and cross country programs across the 62-school PVIAC conference. Readers vote once per device per hour, no sign-up needed, until the poll closes Thursday or Friday.

• MassLive Spring Athlete of the Week

  MassLive's spring Athlete of the Week ballot runs weekly at masslive.com from mid-March through late May or early June, drawing nominees from Western Massachusetts baseball, softball, track and field, lacrosse, tennis, and golf across the 62-school PVIAC conference. Readers vote once per device per hour, no sign-up needed, until the poll closes Thursday or Friday.

• MassLive Winter Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly winter fan poll at masslive.com, run by MassLive (Advance Local), spotlighting standout Western Massachusetts PVIAC basketball, hockey, wrestling, gymnastics, and swimming athletes from mid-November through early March. One vote per hour per device, no account required, ballot typically closes Thursday or Friday.

• Maui Humane Society Pet and Firefighter Calendar Contest

  Support for Maui Humane Society's "Rescue Me" pet-and-firefighter calendar contest goes to one place, the organizer's own page at mauihumanesociety.org. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2023 and 2024, and the 2024 voting window ran August 1 through August 31. No next-edition date has posted since, and the page names no category roster or vote cap; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for whatever comes after.

• MaxPreps Ohio Athlete of the Week

  The MaxPreps statewide fan vote for Ohio's top weekly high school performance, a separate platform from the SBLive / High School on SI Ohio ballot, drawing multi-sport finalists from stats submitted directly to MaxPreps. Finalists post Tuesday, voting closes noon Monday, and the winner joins a season-long recap of every weekly Ohio champion.

• Mella Window & Carpet Cleaning Player of the Week

  Ohio supporters vote for the Mella Window & Carpet Cleaning Player of the Week at poll.fm/17442863, a Crowdsignal ballot honoring high school athletes. The season runs August through October, and eight editions are confirmed from 2019 through 2026.

• Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis

  Memphis Flyer's annual readers-choice awards, an alt-weekly nominate-then-vote ballot spanning Arts & Entertainment, Food & Drinks, Goods, Services, Wellness, and Nightlife, with winners announced each September.

• Memphis Magazine Restaurant Poll

  Memphis Magazine's annual restaurant readers poll at memphismagazine.com, organized into restaurant-specific subcategories instead of one citywide best-restaurant vote, run separately from Memphis Flyer's larger Best of Memphis awards.

• Memphis's Most Community Choice

  Memphis Most Community's Choice Awards is The Commercial Appeal's readers' ballot, run on Second Street at commercialappeal.gannettcontests.com, unlike Chattanooga's CommunityVotes network system. The count stands at four confirmed editions, spanning 2023 to 2026, and the most recent voting stage ran August 17 through September 1, now closed. Neither a published roster of categories nor a stated limit on repeat voting has turned up anywhere; each stays open until the live ballot says otherwise next cycle.

• Metro Times Best of Detroit

  Annual Detroit Metro Times readers-choice poll for the Detroit metro area, with a write-in nomination ballot across 100+ categories decided entirely by public reader votes.

• MetroWest Community Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards runs the MetroWest Community Choice Awards with MetroWest Daily News, recognizing 360+ area businesses across 120+ categories. The 2026 nomination window opened June 1; the close date, any vote cap, and finalist-round details should be confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

• MetroWest Humane Society Pet Calendar Photo Contest

  MetroWest Humane Society runs its Pet Calendar Photo Contest for supporters of the animals at its Ashland, Massachusetts shelter. The ballot lives at gogophotocontest.com/mwhs-2026-calendar, part of the GoGo Photo Contest network. The page's own dated language spans nine confirmed contest years, 2018 through 2026, longer than most shelter calendar drives get to claim. Past that run of years the page stops volunteering specifics: no category list, no per-voter limit, and no published nomination or voting window appear anywhere on the current page. One detail does survive in the contest's own notes: a pet dressed as "Santa Claws" may land on the calendar's June page rather than December, since a printed month doesn't have to match the month a photo was actually taken. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• MI Home Paper Best of the Best

  MI Home Paper runs an annual Best of the Best readers' poll across its network of West and Southwest Michigan community papers, voting on a shared ballot portal at mihomepaper.com/best-of-the-best/. The exact list of participating papers, categories, and close date isn't detailed in the public record.

• Michiana's A-List

  Unlike the separate South Bend and Elkhart County ballots already running in this market, Michiana's A-List is one Second Street listing, hosted at b100.secondstreetapp.com by WBYT-FM (B100) and reachable too from sister Federated Media sites WRBR and 95.3 MNC. The confirmed 2026 window runs September 7 through October 14, currently listed as upcoming. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Michigan Football Preseason Top QB

  SI / SBLive Michigan's summer preseason vote names a Top QB pick before MHSAA fall practice starts, one ballot in a series the organizer runs position by position rather than as a single combined preseason team. The 2025 cycle is confirmed; exact dates and any vote cap aren't published yet.

• Michigan High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide Michigan fan-vote poll, open each fall week at si.com/high-school/michigan with no account required, no vote cap (confirmed by the organizer), and a Sunday 11:59 p.m. close — the only Michigan football poll that spans every MHSAA division from Belleville D1 to Upper Peninsula D8 on one ballot.

• Michigan High School Player of the Year

  Annual division-by-division fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/michigan, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Authentic Brands Group), recognising the top Michigan prep football player in each of the eight MHSAA classifications — D1 through D8 — each December following the state playoffs.

• Michigan High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote and panel award at statechampsnetwork.com, powered by Turnin2 Softball, recognising the top girls softball player across all MHSAA divisions in Michigan each spring season — with online voting counting 20% of the selection criteria and a live championship-week announcement.

• Michigan High School Volleyball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote and editorial panel award at statechampsnetwork.com, run by State Champs! Sports Network in partnership with Michigan Elite Volleyball, honouring the top girls volleyball player across all MHSAA divisions each fall — with online voting counting 20% of the weighted selection criteria and a live announcement timed to MHSAA Volleyball Finals week at Kellogg Arena, Battle Creek.

• Michigan Hockey Player of the Year

  Annual statewide Michigan honor by State Champs! Sports Network recognizing the top high school hockey player in Michigan; a public online fan vote at statechampsnetwork.com is part of the selection formula, following the same 20%-weighted model State Champs! uses across its other Michigan Player of the Year awards.

• Michigan Mr. Football

  Annual statewide Michigan award by State Champs! Sports Network (sponsored by Hungry Howie's) recognising the top high school football player in Michigan; a public fan vote at statechampsnetwork.com counts for 20% of the final selection score and the vote winner automatically enters the Final Four each November.

• Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Fan Vote

  The public online vote run by the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (MSHOF) for its annual induction class, spanning five categories — Amateur, Professional, Coach, Media, and Contributor — with voting open through mid-June. The induction ceremony follows every December at the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit. Statewide, all sports, all eras — a career and legacy ballot, not a single-week or single-season poll.

• Mid-Central Florida Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for girls flag football athletes in the Polk and Highlands county corridor between Tampa and Orlando, running during the FHSAA spring season with no confirmed annual award.

• Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards School Spirit Vote

  The Tennessean, based in Nashville, runs the Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards School Spirit vote on the Second Street platform at tennessean.gannettcontests.com. Two confirmed editions have run, 2024 and 2025; the 2025 edition's public ballot was open March 11 through April 23, 2025, with an earlier 2024 edition dated from February 5, 2024. Which schools appear on the ballot, and whether a per-voter limit applies, stays unpublished outside those dates; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Midland Reporter-Telegram Athletes of the Week

  Midland, Texas's Midland Reporter-Telegram runs Midland Reporter-Telegram Athletes of the Week on the Second Street platform at midlandreportertelegram.secondstreetapp.com. Four seasons are confirmed so far, 2023-24 through 2026-27, with a fresh ballot posted every week of each season. The live ballot right now is Week 2, open September 7 through September 9, 2026, after Week 1 closed September 2. Past that window, which categories apply and what limit each voter faces stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Midland Reporter-Telegram Readers' Choice

  Midland, Texas's Midland Reporter-Telegram organizes the MRT Readers' Choice ballot on Second Street at midlandreportertelegram.secondstreetapp.com. It has run in 2021 and again in 2025, each round folding nomination and voting into one page. The 2025 round ran March 31 through June 14, 2025, and has already closed; day-level dates for the 2021 round are not published beyond the year itself. Neither a category sheet nor a per-voter ceiling shows up on the page past those windows; treat both as matters to confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• MileSplit Nebraska Athlete of the Week

  MileSplit Nebraska's weekly Athlete of the Week fan poll at ne.milesplit.com is the state's only prep vote reserved for track and field and cross country. It runs during each in-season window alongside a separate season-ending Athlete of the Year vote, drawing a small but unusually attentive track-parent audience.

• Milton Neighbors' Choice Awards (The Milton Scene)

  Milton, Georgia's own newsroom, The Milton Scene, runs the Milton Neighbors' Choice Awards at miltonscene.com rather than through a separate voting platform. Voting has happened twice so far: a 2025 round whose close date shifted from May 30 to June 1, and a 2026 round held in May with winners posted afterward. Categories and a vote cap stay off the page for now; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at jsonline.com, presented by Piggly Wiggly, recognising the top Milwaukee-area high school athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account needed. Run by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Gannett / USA TODAY Network).

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplaces

  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Top Workplaces program, licensed from Energage, scores participating Southeastern Wisconsin employers through a confidential staff survey rather than a public ballot. The 2025 cycle honored 165 employers. Nominations run through topworkplaces.com/award/jsonline; current dates belong on that page, not here.

• Milwaukee Magazine Best of Milwaukee

  Milwaukee Magazine's annual Best of Milwaukee program, with 2026 voting confirmed open at best-of-milwaukee-2026--milwaukeemag.contest.vote across more than 50 categories spanning food, retail, services, and community. Milwaukee Magazine prints winners in its September issue; exact open and close dates should be confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

• Milwaukee Top Choice

  Annual Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Community's Choice Awards for Milwaukee-area businesses, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting across 150+ categories.

• Minnesota Bride Best of Awards

  Minnesota Bride's statewide Best of Awards runs online open voting for wedding vendors, bridal boutiques, florists, DJs, photographers, and venues, before finalists move to a gala. The 2026 vote closed February 24, the 2025 gala was held July 22 at the Fillmore Minneapolis, and winners appear in the Fall/Winter issue.

• Minnesota Class 1A Football Player of the Year

  Annual December fan vote run by SI Minnesota, awarded separately for each classification the way Iowa's SI football Player of the Year runs, so the Class 1A field never competes against Class 6A powerhouses. Confirmed active for the 2025 season. Free to vote, no account required, published at si.com/high-school/minnesota.

• Minnesota Class 2A Football Player of the Year

  Annual December fan vote run by SI Minnesota for Class 2A only, one of six separate enrollment-class ballots the outlet publishes for Minnesota football, mirroring the format it runs for Iowa. Confirmed active for the 2025 season. Free to vote, no account required, published at si.com/high-school/minnesota.

• Minnesota Class 3A Football Player of the Year

  Annual December fan vote run by SI Minnesota for Class 3A only, one of six separate enrollment-class ballots the outlet publishes for Minnesota football, matching the class-by-class format it also runs for Iowa. Confirmed active for the 2025 season. Free to vote, no account required, published at si.com/high-school/minnesota.

• Minnesota Class 6A Football Player of the Year

  Annual December fan vote run by SI Minnesota for Class 6A only — MSHSL's largest enrollment classification and one of six separate class ballots the outlet runs for Minnesota football, mirroring the format it also uses for Iowa. Free to vote, no account required, published at si.com/high-school/minnesota.

• Minnesota Football Player of the Week

  A weekly fan-vote ballot run by SI Minnesota each fall, separate from the statewide Athlete of the Week poll and open only to football performances. The season runs roughly ten weeks, September through November, tracking the Minnesota high school football calendar. No account is required to cast a vote, and the public decides the winner directly.

• Minnesota High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide fan-vote poll run weekly at si.com by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated), covering all MSHSL-sanctioned sports seasons. Fans cast unlimited human votes; automated scripts are banned and trigger athlete disqualification. Voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Minnesota High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI spring fan vote for the best Minnesota prep baseball performance of the week. Jack Butler's regional editors nominate standout pitchers and hitters; anyone can vote unlimited times at si.com, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT — a different clock than the football POTW, which runs on Central time.

• Minnesota High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best Minnesota prep football performance of the week. Editors nominate 13–19 players from across all MSHSL classes, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. CT — a Central-time close that matters when campaigns span two or three time zones of fan support.

• Minnesota High School Player of the Year

  Season-culminating fan-vote award published annually by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group) at si.com/high-school/minnesota. Separate sport- and class-specific polls cover all MSHSL seasons; no per-vote cap applies; polls close at 11:59 p.m. PT on the stated date.

• Minnesota High School Softball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive fan vote for the best Minnesota prep softball performance of the week. Jack Butler's editorial team picks the nominees, anyone can vote unlimited times at si.com, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT — leaving Saturday finalists with only hours before the window shuts.

• Minnesota High School Softball Player of the Year

  Girls-only, spring-season fan-vote award published annually at si.com/high-school/minnesota by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group). Class-specific polls open after the MSHSL girls softball state tournament at Caswell Park in North Mankato; no per-vote cap; automated scripts banned and trigger athlete disqualification.

• Minnesota High School Wrestler of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote recognition published by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/minnesota, covering the top MSHSL wrestlers by class (2A and 3A boys) after the state tournament at Xcel Energy Center. No per-vote cap; polls closed March 15, 2026 for the 2025-26 season.

• Minnesota Monthly Best of MN

  Minnesota Monthly's annual statewide readers' choice program, branded around "local legends and community favorites," with public voting at minnesotamonthly.com/win/readers-picks across three groups: restaurants, shops, and experiences. Minnesota Monthly confirmed a full 2025 winners slate, distinct from the Star Tribune's separate Minnesota's Best ballot.

• Minnesota Mr. Football Award

  Minnesota All Sports Alliance's annual statewide honor for the state's top high school football season, narrowed each year to ten finalists and decided through multiple rounds that combine public fan voting with a jury, run at mnfootballhub.com. A different structure from Minnesota's weekly, fan-only football polls.

• Minnesota's Best

  Star Tribune's annual statewide readers-choice business awards for Minnesota, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting across 350+ categories.

• Miss California International People's Choice Award

  Unlike Best of Orange County's countywide business ballot, Miss California International's People's Choice Award is a pageant fan vote, run at misscaliforniainternational.com/vote/ under the title "People's Choice Award 2026 VOTE NOW." Two editions are confirmed, 2022 and 2026, with the current cycle's voting confirmed for November 2026 and the ballot page naming a Friday, November 6, 2026 event in Sacramento. Day-level open and close dates go unpublished on that page, and so does any breakdown of categories or a limit on repeat voting; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• Miss North Carolina People's Choice

  Miss North Carolina People's Choice is a statewide pageant fundraiser vote run directly by the Miss North Carolina Organization at missnc.org/peopleschoice. Two confirmed editions stand behind it, 2024 and 2025, with voting historically opening in May and closing in June. Support is collected as a payment rather than a free click, the live page names Venmo, handle @mncorg, for support submitted online, and cash for support submitted in person at the State Competition. No single city anchors this program; confirm the category roster, per-voter cap and exact 2026 dates on the live ballot each cycle.

• Mississippi High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide weekly fan poll at si.com/high-school/mississippi, operated by SBLive (Sports Illustrated High School), recognising the top Mississippi prep athlete each sports season. Voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT; winners announced Monday. No registration required.

• Mississippi High School Baseball Player of the Week

  High School on SI (SBLive) runs a statewide reader-vote poll each week of the Mississippi prep baseball season, Feb through May. Reed Green nominates standout performers from both MHSAA and MAIS schools; anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• Mississippi High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide baseball-specific fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/mississippi, operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated). Nominees drawn from all MHSAA classifications; voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on the posted deadline; no account needed; winner is the athlete with the highest fan-vote total.

• Mississippi High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best boys basketball performance each week during the MHSAA and MAIS season. Reed Green nominates the field covering all classifications; voting is unlimited by the organizer's own stated rules, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• Mississippi High School Football Offensive Player of the Year

  A statewide fan-vote trophy from Sports Illustrated / SBLive High School Mississippi, limited to offensive standouts only and separate from the companion defensive honor on the same ballot system. Roughly eight nominees compete each cycle; voting opens in early December and runs through December 31 at si.com/high-school/mississippi.

• Mississippi High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote covering all seven MHSAA football classifications. Reed Green nominates the field weekly; voting is free and unlimited by the organizer's own stated rules, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than the Dallas regional poll.

• Mississippi High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for standout Mississippi girls basketball performers. Reed Green's editors nominate from MHSAA and MAIS schools each week, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same uncapped mechanic as every SI fan poll, but played out across a December-to-February winter season where the field can shrink to eleven names and the stats in the article are sometimes the only public record.

• Mississippi High School Girls Soccer Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly reader fan poll for Mississippi prep girls soccer, run by writer Reed Green during the state's January–February winter season. Eight nominees, no account required, closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• Mississippi High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote contest at si.com/high-school/mississippi, operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated), crowning Mississippi's top prep athlete in football and baseball each season. Voting runs for several weeks; no account required; winner determined by public fan vote totals.

• Mississippi High School Softball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide reader vote for the best Mississippi fast-pitch softball performance of the week. Reed Green nominates standout performers from across all MHSAA classes, anyone can vote with no account, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same calendar as the football and basketball polls, but running a February-through-May schedule that makes spring's final weeks the real pressure point.

• Mississippi High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide girls-softball fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/mississippi, run by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated). Top spring fastpitch performers across all MHSAA classifications nominated; readers vote free at no account; highest fan-vote total at the deadline wins.

• Missoula Parade of Homes People's Choice Award

  The Missoula Building Industry Association's People's Choice Award, voted online after touring the homes built for the annual September Parade of Homes — a public ballot, not a jury pick, that only counts votes from people who walked through the houses first.

• Missoulian Athlete of the Week

  Missoulian.com's prep sports section runs a free weekly Athlete of the Week fan vote for western Montana high schools, sponsored by Republic Services. Unlike Montana's other prep sports polls, the vote closes at a fixed time every week: 5 p.m. Tuesday, not a day that shifts with the sports calendar.

• Missouri Baseball Player of the Year

  Two Missouri baseball honors share a name but not a process: a statewide High School on SI fan vote at si.com/high-school/missouri/baseball, decided by public voting, and Gatorade's committee-selected Missouri Baseball Player of the Year, awarded in 2025 to a Jefferson City High School player with no public ballot involved.

• Missouri Football All-State MVP

  Season-ending honor from High School on SI / SBLive at si.com/high-school/missouri/football, naming Missouri's top prep football player after the MSHSAA season closes. Selection blends editorial review of full-season and playoff performance with reader/fan influence, not a stand-alone public vote. The 2025 MVP came from Platte County High School's program.

• Missouri Football Defensive Player of the Year

  Season-ending defensive honor from High School on SI / SBLive at si.com/high-school/missouri/football, naming Missouri's top prep defender once the MSHSAA postseason concludes. Selection blends editorial review of full-season and playoff defensive performance with reader input, not a stand-alone public vote. The 2025 honor went to a Blue Springs South High School defender.

• Missouri Football Player of the Week

  Weekly fall fan-vote poll from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/missouri/football, running the roughly ten-week MSHSAA football season from September through November. Nominees come from MSHSAA member programs statewide, voting is free with no account required, and the exact vote cap and weekly close time are posted inside each poll article.

• Missouri Football Preseason All-State

  Summer honor from High School on SI / SBLive at si.com/high-school/missouri/football, naming a preseason All-Missouri football team across every MSHSAA classification before a single regular-season game is played. Selection blends editorial projection with reader/fan input during a summer voting window, distinct from the season's weekly and season-ending honors.

• Missouri Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote recognition run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/missouri, covering girls basketball across all MSHSAA Classes 1-6. Missouri's 2025-26 season-end reveal named that year's Player of the Year alongside statewide honors. Free to vote, no account needed; the exact voting window is confirmed each cycle on the live article.

• Missouri Girls Basketball Postseason Awards

  High School on SI's Missouri postseason girls basketball awards article, published at si.com/high-school/missouri once the MSHSAA tournament series concludes, pairs a fan vote with the season's honors slate across Classes 1-6. Free to vote, no account needed; the exact window and cap are confirmed on the live article each postseason.

• Missouri High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide Missouri fan-vote recognition at si.com, run weekly by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive). Covers all MSHSAA member schools from Class 1 through Class 6. One vote per six hours per person; automated voting prohibited; polls close Sunday 11:59 p.m. CT and the winner is announced the following week.

• Missouri High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best Missouri prep baseball performance of the week. Twenty nominees each week, unlimited voting, no account required — and a close day that shifts between Sunday and Monday 11:59 p.m. Central depending on the week.

• Missouri High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual mid-season boys basketball fan vote run by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/missouri, open statewide across all MSHSAA Classes 1–6. Ballot published each January; free to vote with no account needed; winner decided by raw fan-vote total.

• Missouri High School Football Player of the Week

  The Sports Illustrated High School statewide fan vote for the best Missouri prep football performance of the week. SI editors nominate 14–31 players from all six MSHSAA classes plus 8-man; anyone can vote with no account or cap, but the poll closes Sunday or Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — and that variability is the first thing every voter needs to check.

• Missouri High School Player of the Year

  Annual mid-season boys basketball fan vote hosted by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/missouri, covering all MSHSAA member schools statewide. Open for approximately one week mid-January; no account required; voting window announced in the article each season.

• Missouri Softball Top Returner Vote

  A single preseason fan vote from SI/SBLive at si.com/high-school/missouri, asking which softball player returns as Missouri's top player for the 2025 fall season. Missouri schedules softball in autumn, not spring, a quirk shared with football and volleyball rather than the state's spring baseball calendar.

• Missouri's Best

  Missouri Magazine's statewide readers-choice ballot, roughly 80 categories, open to businesses anywhere in Missouri rather than one metro area, with online public voting each June.

• MLive Bay City-Area High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote poll on mlive.com for the Bay City and mid-Michigan thumb region, run by MLive / Bay City Times (Advance Local) via poll.fm. Eleven nominees per week; cap rules unconfirmed — check the active ballot. The confirmed 2024 winner, John Glenn's Lukas Gies, took 42% in an 11-player field, while Grand Rapids' sibling poll caps votes at one per hour per device.

• MLive Grand Rapids Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly high school sports fan poll at mlive.com covering West Michigan's Grand Rapids metro — run by MLive Media Group (Advance Local). Sport-specific polls each season; one vote per device per hour, no account required.

• MLive Kalamazoo-Area High School Football Player of the Week

  MLive's weekly fan-vote poll on mlive.com recognizing standout southwest Michigan prep football performers. Editors nominate the field — as many as 44 in a single week — and fans vote via an embedded poll.fm ballot with no account required; the poll closes Thursday morning or Friday afternoon depending on the week.

• MLive Muskegon High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly free fan-vote poll on mlive.com recognizing outstanding high school football players across the Muskegon area, run by MLive Media Group (Advance Local) with polls embedded via poll.fm. Voting closes Thursday 9 a.m. — the only Michigan regional football poll with a confirmed close time.

• MLive West Michigan Readers' Choice

  MLive's West Michigan Readers' Choice program runs on the SecondStreet voting platform at mlive.secondstreetapp.com, covering the Kent, Ottawa, and Kalamazoo county metro area under Advance Local's MLive newsroom. It's a confirmed, separate ballot from Grand Rapids Magazine's Best of GR, with exact categories and dates set on the live site each cycle.

• MN Hockey Hub Top Performer

  The weekly statewide fan vote for Minnesota boys high school hockey's "Top Performer," run by MN Hockey Hub in partnership with the Star Tribune's StribVarsity network. Coaches submit stats by Sunday 10 a.m., the ballot opens from those submissions, and the fan vote closes Saturday at noon.

• Mohawk Hudson Humane Society Happy Tales Beer Label Contest

  Mohawk Hudson Humane Society runs the Happy T'ales Beer Label Contest for shelter pets in Menands, New York, at gogophotocontest.com/mohawkhumane. Four winning pets appear on a limited-edition Best Friends Lager label from Brown's Brewing Company. Entries were due by 9:00 PM Eastern on September 2, 2026. Eight contest years are confirmed, 2018 through 2026. Beyond that, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Montana High School Athlete of the Week

  NBC Montana (KECI/KCFW/KTVM/KDBZ) runs a free weekly fan vote at nbcmontana.com covering every MHSA sport from Class AA through Class C — statewide scope, a per-device cap that resets on a set interval, and a close time that shifts week to week depending on the MHSA schedule.

• Montana High School Player of the Year

  SI's High School on SI network runs an annual, end-of-season Montana High School Player of the Year public vote at si.com/high-school/montana, drawing nominees from every MHSA classification across all three sports seasons. No account is needed to vote; the exact window and any vote limit are posted on the live poll page each cycle.

• Montgomery Humane Society Pet Photo Contest

  For Montgomery, Alabama, the Montgomery Humane Society runs its own Pet Photo Contest through GoGo Photo Contest, hosted at gogophotocontest.com/montgomeryhumane. The confirmed 2026 voting window opens June 1 and closes July 31. No ballot category list or per-voter cap appears on that page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Moore Monthly Best of Moore and South OKC

  Best of Moore and South OKC is an Oklahoma readers'-choice ballot run by Moore Monthly, a community magazine covering Moore and the south side of OKC, at mooremonthly.com. Three confirmed editions have run since 2024, each built around a write-in nomination stage followed by a separate voting stage. The most recent voting period closed at midnight on January 16, 2025. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Morning Call Athlete of the Week

  The Morning Call, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, puts a new Lehigh Valley high school athlete up for a public vote every week at mcall.secondstreetapp.com. Three seasons are confirmed so far, 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27, and the 2026-27 season's own Week 1 vote already closed on September 3, 2026. Which week is open right now, and what its rules are, is what the live ballot actually settles.

• Morning Call Readers' Choice

  The Morning Call, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, publishes Readers' Choice on Second Street at mcall.secondstreetapp.com. Nine confirmed editions back it, 2018 through 2026, longer than most readers'-choice ballots in this network. The 2026 round ran July 12 through August 17, and past that closed window only the live page itself settles which categories ran or how a supporter's vote was limited.

• Morning Sentinel Readers' Choice

  Morning Sentinel's annual Readers' Choice awards, run by Maine Trust for Local News, take votes at CentralMaine.com during an October-November window. The 2025 winners were published May 11, three days after a May 8 ceremony at the Waterville Elks Lodge, a roughly six-month wait between when the Kennebec Valley votes and when it finds out.

• Motif Bartender Awards

  Motif Magazine, the Providence alt-weekly, organizes the Bartender Awards, a statewide public vote for Rhode Island's bartenders, and runs it directly on its own site at motifri.com rather than through an outside voting platform. Three editions are confirmed on the site itself, 2022, 2024, and 2025, with the most recent cycle's results already published as the 2025 Bartender Awards Winners page. Which bar categories make the ballot, how often a single supporter may vote, and when the next nomination or voting stretch begins are questions Motif has left open; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• Moultrie Best of the Best (Moultrie Observer)

  Moultrie Best of the Best is Moultrie, Georgia's readers'-choice business ballot, run by the Moultrie Observer on Second Street at moultrieobserver.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions exist under this exact title, the earliest opened June 12, 2024, and the most recent, the 2025 Moultrie Best of Best, ran June 11 through August 7, 2025, now closed. Whether the ballot splits into categories, or what cap applies per voter, stays unstated; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Mount Airy News Cutest Pet Contest

  Unlike a statewide business ballot, the Mount Airy News Cutest Pet Contest asks Surry County pet owners to submit a photo and asks the public to vote for their favorite, hosted at mtairynews.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions run 2020 through 2025, the most recent open October 22 through November 26, 2025, since closed. Past that window, no category list or vote limit is published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Mount Airy News Mountie Awards

  Unlike a statewide ballot that runs every single year without a break, Mount Airy's own Mountie Awards has three confirmed editions on the books, 2023, 2025 and 2026, with no 2026 falling exactly where a strict annual pattern would predict it, since 2024 never shows up in between. Mt Airy News runs the ballot at mtairynews.secondstreetapp.com on Second Street, and the 2026 round opened January 30 and closed March 2. How many categories the ballot carries, and how often one supporter may vote, is not printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Mr. PA Football

  Independent annual Pennsylvania high school football awards at mrpafootball.com, presented by Sports Recruiters; a five-round public web vote (one vote per day, fans equal to coaches and media) crowns separate Big School (4A-6A) and Small School (1A-3A) Player of the Year winners at the Hershey, PA banquet each March.

• My Home Improvement Best Of

  Atlanta Home Improvement, a home-improvement trade publication under the Atlanta Best Media banner, organizes My Home Improvement Best Of at atlantahomeimprovement.com, a readers'-choice ballot for the Atlanta, Georgia improvement and remodeling trade. Eight editions are confirmed: 2018, then 2020 through 2026 without a gap. The one nomination window still shown on the organizer's own site is dated October 2019, an already-finished cycle rather than the current one, and the 2026 edition's own page already thanks voters and points toward pending results. Beyond that, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• MyCentralJersey / Home News Tribune Readers' Choice

  MyCentralJersey, the Home News Tribune's Gannett-network site, runs an online readers' choice ballot for Central New Jersey, covering Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, and Union Counties. It's a separate program from Gannett's own Asbury Park Press ballot at the Shore and from New Jersey's other readers'-choice contests.

• Myrtle Beach Herald Readers' Choice

  MyHorryNews's annual Myrtle Beach Herald Readers' Choice Awards, voted on the myhorrynews.secondstreetapp.com platform across broad Horry County business categories, with both the 2025 and 2026 cycles confirmed active alongside three other, separately run Myrtle Beach-area best-of programs covering the same Grand Strand readership.

• Naples Daily News Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at naplesnews.com, presented by Elevate Home Services, recognising the top Southwest Florida high school athlete each sports week. Coaches submit nominees from Collier and Lee counties; readers vote once per device per hour; voting closes at 10 a.m. Thursday. Run by Naples Daily News (Gannett / USA TODAY Network).

• Naples Daily News Community's Choice Awards

  Two confirmed editions, 2024 and 2025, back the Naples Daily News Community's Choice Awards at naplesnews.gannettcontests.com. The most recent voting window, listed on the platform as the 2025 Community's Choice Awards Showcase, ran April 4 through April 28, 2025. Past that window, Naples Daily News's live page is what actually sets the next category list, any vote cap, or the following year's dates, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Nashua Pizza Madness Tournament

  Nashua Ink Link's annual Pizza Madness Tournament pits local pizzerias against each other in a bracket, with readers voting online to advance a shop round by round at nashua.inklink.news. Voting resets with every new round rather than running once on a single combined ballot.

• Nashville Community Choice Awards

  The Tennessean, Gannett's Nashville paper, runs Nashville Community Choice Awards on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/nashville/, a separate program from Nashville Scene's long-running Best of Nashville Readers' Poll. The public nominates and votes for Nashville-area businesses there, with the 2025 ballot confirmed active and further cycle details left to the live page.

• Nashville HBA Parade of Homes

  HBAMT's Nashville-area Parade of Homes people's-choice vote lets visitors pick a favorite among the Home Builders Association of Middle Tennessee's showcased builder homes, cast on-site during the tour or through HBAMT's companion app across multiple builder categories, with specific dates and category names confirmed only on hbamt.org each cycle.

• Nashville Scene Best of Nashville

  Nashville Scene's annual Readers' Poll, an alt-weekly nominate-then-vote ballot spanning Arts & Culture, Music, Food & Drink, Retail & Services, Kids & Pets, and Media & Politics, with hundreds of thousands of reader votes cast across 200-plus categories each cycle.

• Nashville Tennessean Ponce Law High School Boys Athlete of the Week

  The Tennessean's weekly fan vote covering Nashville-area boys athletes across all sports — football, basketball, and more. Unlike most prep fan polls, it caps voting at one per hour per supporter. The ballot closes Thursday at noon, giving Tuesday and Wednesday the most strategic weight.

• National High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly national fan poll at si.com run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), recognising outstanding US prep athletes each season. Separate Boys and Girls ballots, no per-voter cap, no account required. Voting closes 11:59 p.m. PT each Sunday. Updated June 2026.

• NebPreps Football Player of the Year

  NebPreps, the Nebraska high school football arm of Hurrdat Sports, splits this annual honor between a public fan vote and a panel score, not clicks alone. The winner is read out live each December at Hurrdat Sports Bar in the La Vista/Papillion area, a format no other Nebraska football poll runs.

• Nebraska / Lincoln Journal Star Liberty First Athlete of the Week

  The Lincoln Journal Star's weekly multi-sport fan vote for Lincoln-area prep athletes, sponsored by Liberty First Credit Union. Editors nominate 5–6 athletes per week, anyone can vote with no account required, and the ballot closes around Tuesday–Wednesday — with the winner announced later that same week.

• Nebraska High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly statewide fan poll hosted by High School Sports on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/nebraska, covering all NSAA-member schools across Nebraska each sports season. Nominations by email; unlimited voting per session; results announced Sunday night.

• Nebraska High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote hosted by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/nebraska, recognising Nebraska's top prep athlete each sport season. Free to vote; no registration required. 2024 football winner: Gretna QB Michael Knudsen with 60.19% of 4,690 votes cast.

• Nebraska State Fair Galaxy of Stars Talent Search

  A $1,500-plus-Nashville-package talent search the Nebraska State Fair runs itself. Vocalists, dancers, instrumentalists, and variety performers of any age post a semifinal video; the public vote is one input alongside judges' scores, and finalists perform live on the Fair stage.

• Nevada High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide weekly fan poll run by the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Nevada Preps section at reviewjournal.com, honouring the top Nevada prep athlete each sports season. Separate boys and girls ballots; voting closes Thursday at noon; no account required.

• Nevada High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-year bracket fan vote run by Nevada Sports Net recognising the top Northern Nevada prep athlete (Reno/Sparks area); High School On SI runs a separate statewide sport-specific Nevada POY fan vote open to all regions including Las Vegas. Both are free, public, and decided by fan totals.

• Nevada SPCA Calendar Contest

  Nevada SPCA fields its Nevada SPCA Calendar Contest on GoGo Photo Contest's site, gogophotocontest.com/nevadaspca. The confirmed 2026 cycle opened entries June 1 and moved into voting June 15, closing June 29. Nevada SPCA names this round its Seventh Annual Nevada SPCA 2027 Calendar, sponsored by Findlay Toyota. Category rules and a per-supporter vote limit stay off that page past the close date; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• New England Travel Awards (Boston Magazine)

  Boston Magazine's New England Travel Awards ask readers across the region to name their own favorite resorts, festivals, and travel destinations, with the ballot itself living at bostonmagazine.com. The publisher operates out of Boston, Massachusetts, and has taken this program through two confirmed rounds, one in 2025 and another in 2026. Right now, the active cycle has a firm closing point, voting wraps Friday, June 5, and a results feature is slated for the October 2026 issue. What isn't spelled out anywhere on the page is a category breakdown or any stated limit on repeat voting by the same supporter, so a nominee weighing a push has two dates to plan around and little else printed. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• New Hampshire High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly statewide fan poll hosted at si.com/high-school/new-hampshire by High School on SI (Minute Media / SBLive Sports), open to any fan to vote for the top New Hampshire prep athlete across all NHIAA-sanctioned sports, all four divisions. Voting closes Sunday night.

• New Hampshire High School Baseball Player of the Week

  NHSportsPage.com's weekly spring fan vote for standout prep baseball performances across New Hampshire — five nominees chosen by editors, public voting hosted on sportngin, closes Thursday at 7 a.m., winner earns a Choose Community shirt and a $20 Buffalo Wild Wings gift card.

• New Hampshire High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual spring fan vote hosted at si.com/high-school/new-hampshire by High School on SI (SBLive Sports / Minute Media), naming the top NH prep baseball player across all four NHIAA divisions. Voting is free, no registration required, and closes in late May or June.

• New Hampshire High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for standout NHIAA football performances. SI editors select up to twelve nominees from across all four NHIAA divisions each week; anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than many regional polls in other states.

• New Hampshire High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  NHSportsPage.com's weekly fan vote for NH girls basketball, sponsored by the Community College System of NH (CCSNH) and Adrenaline Fundraising. Five nominees chosen by the editors each week; winners receive a Choose Community shirt plus a $20 Buffalo Wild Wings gift certificate. The ballot closes every Thursday at 7 a.m.

• New Hampshire High School Girls Soccer & Volleyball Player of the Week

  The NHSportsPage / CCSNH weekly fan vote covering both girls soccer and volleyball nominees on a single fall-season ballot. Closes Thursday at 7 a.m. — not Sunday, not Friday — and the winner earns a Choose Community shirt plus a $20 Buffalo Wild Wings gift certificate.

• New Hampshire High School Player of the Year

  Annual multi-sport fan vote hosted at si.com/high-school/new-hampshire by High School on SI (SBLive Sports / Minute Media), recognising the top New Hampshire prep athlete at the end of each season. Separate finalist votes run for football, baseball, and other sports statewide.

• New Hampshire Miss Basketball

  New Hampshire's Miss Basketball honor is decided entirely by NHBCO member coaches using the same scoring format as Mr. Basketball: basketball performance, academics, and sportsmanship. There is no public ballot. NHBCO posts the finalist group and the eventual winner on its own website each year once the winter season concludes.

• New Hampshire Mr. Basketball

  New Hampshire's NHBCO Mr. Basketball honor is decided entirely by member coaches scoring nominees on basketball (50%), academics (25%), and sportsmanship (25%); there is no public ballot. WGAM Radio separately presents its own same-named honor. This guide explains both formulas and where NH prep hoops fans can actually cast a vote.

• New Hampshire SI Athlete of the Week; Fall Season

  Fall-specific guide to the High School on SI weekly fan poll for New Hampshire prep athletes, covering football, soccer, cross country, and volleyball nominees across all four NHIAA divisions. The Sept–Nov 2025 window closes each Sunday, no sign-up needed.

• New Hampshire SI Athlete of the Week; Winter Season

  Winter-specific guide to the High School on SI weekly fan poll for New Hampshire prep athletes, drawing nominees from basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, indoor track, and swimming across all four NHIAA divisions. The Dec-Mar window closes each Sunday, no sign-up needed, and the Manchester-Nashua-Concord corridor supplies the deepest field.

• New Jersey High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for New Jersey's best boys basketball performance of the week. SI editors nominate eight players from across all NJSIAA sections; anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — one day earlier than the statewide football polls.

• New Jersey High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best New Jersey prep football performance of the week. SI editors pick the nominees from all NJSIAA sections and non-public divisions, anyone can vote without an account, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than some regional counterparts, which concentrates the decisive push into Sunday afternoon.

• New Jersey High School Player of the Year

  Season-end fan-vote recognition programme run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-jersey, open to all NJSIAA-member schools statewide. Editors nominate standout athletes by sport after the season concludes; fans vote online with no per-vote cap until 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the published closing date.

• New Mexico High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly reader fan poll hosted by the Albuquerque Journal, recognising standout prep athletes across all NMAA-sanctioned sports each school year. Open statewide; readers vote once per hour per device, no account required.

• New Mexico High School Football Star of the Week

  The Albuquerque Journal's weekly reader poll for the best high school football performance in New Mexico. Staff nominates standouts from all NMAA classes — 6A metro ABQ to 2A rural — and anyone can vote with no account. The poll closes Saturday around 5 p.m. MT, and the winner is announced in Sunday's print edition.

• New Mexico High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards run by NMPreps (On3 Sports Network) recognising the top New Mexico prep football performers — Mr. Football (overall POY), Defensive POY, and position awards — plus position-specific fan polls hosted by High School on SI. Seven-day public voting window; free, no account required.

• New Mexico High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote award presented by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) recognising the top New Mexico girls softball performer each spring season. Free public ballot at si.com/high-school/new-mexico; voting runs through a defined window, no account required. Covers all NMAA classifications statewide.

• New Mexico's Top-Performing High School Baseball Hitters

  Sports Illustrated / SBLive's statewide fan-vote poll naming New Mexico's best high school baseball hitters of the 2025 spring season. One voting window, no account needed, closed Thursday, May 15 at 8 p.m. Pacific — a single hard deadline, unlike the state's other prep sport polls that run on rolling or multi-day clocks.

• New Orleans Area High School Athlete of the Week

  The NOLA.com / Times-Picayune weekly fan vote for the best non-football prep sports performance across Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, and the River Parishes. Nominations close Sunday at 5 p.m.; the poll closes Thursday at noon — five days shorter than the SI statewide ballot.

• New Orleans Area Prep Football Player of the Week

  The NOLA.com / Times-Picayune regional fan vote for the best prep football performance in the New Orleans metro — Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, and the River Parishes. Editors nominate; anyone can vote; the ballot closes at noon on Thursday, not the weekend, which compresses the campaign window sharply.

• New York High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly statewide fan poll published by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-york, recognising standout NYSPHSAA athletes across all eleven sections and all classification levels. Free to vote, no account required, closes Friday 11:59 p.m. PT each week.

• New York High School Football Player of the Week

  The statewide High School on SI / SBLive fan vote for the best New York prep football performance of the week. Editors choose nominees from all eleven NYSPHSAA sections and CHSFL Catholic programs; anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. — a day before the Dallas regional equivalent.

• New York High School Player of the Year

  Season-end annual fan-vote awards run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-york; separate sport-specific polls — statewide football, Long Island positional awards, baseball, basketball — with no per-vote cap. Open statewide across all eleven NYSPHSAA sections plus CHSFL and CHSAA private-school conferences.

• New York High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards for girls high school softball, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-york — covering all eleven NYSPHSAA sections and CHSAA statewide New York, with separate positional and class-level polls and no per-vote cap. Updated June 2026.

• New York Section 1 High School Football Player of the Week

  The lohud / Journal News reader vote for the top prep football performer in Westchester and Rockland counties. Editors pick nominees from Section 1 and CHSFL programs; anyone votes for free — and the ballot closes Wednesday at 3 p.m., three days earlier than most people expect.

• Newport Restaurant Week

  Newport Restaurant Week, an annual dining promotion in Rhode Island's highest-income local market, pairs participating-restaurant menus with a public diner vote held during the event week itself, though the organizers publish few other specifics beyond the annual cadence and the dine-then-vote structure.

• News Journal Cutest Babies & Kids Photo Contest

  One confirmed edition, 2026, backs the News Journal Cutest Babies & Kids Photo Contest, a public photo vote The News Journal in Wilmington runs on delawareonline.gannettcontests.com through the Second Street platform, presented by Coastal Medical Walk-In & Primary Care. The confirmed 2026 voting window opened August 3 and runs through October 6. Past that window, the live ballot itself is what actually settles any category list or vote cap, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• News Tribune Girls Athlete of the Week (Tacoma)

  The Tacoma News Tribune's dedicated girls fan vote, separate from its combined Athlete of the Week ballot, built from coach nominations across basketball, soccer, track, volleyball, and swimming, closing Wednesday at noon.

• News-Gazette Athlete of the Week

  The News-Gazette weekly fan vote for standout Champaign-Urbana area high-school athletes — boys and girls polled separately each Monday, one vote per device, closing Thursday at noon. The per-device cap and midweek deadline make this the most time-compressed prep poll in Illinois.

• News-Gazette People's Choice (Champaign)

  The Champaign News-Gazette's People's Choice readers-vote program, run at news-gazette.com/peoples_choice for the university-adjacent Champaign-Urbana market. No published category list, vote cap, or fixed calendar exists in the record checked for this guide; confirm current rules on the live page each cycle.

• News-Press NOW Readers' Choice

  Missouri's News-Press NOW hosts a Readers' Choice ballot on the Second Street platform, reachable at newspressnow.secondstreetapp.com. Rather than splitting nominations from a later vote, the listing folds both into a single round; the stretch that closed on February 26, 2026 after opening January 8 marks the organization's second confirmed year, following 2025. Nothing published names a host city, breaks the ballot into categories, or says how often a single supporter may cast a vote; confirm each of those on the live ballot each cycle.

• NH Lakes Region Parade of Homes

  Lakes Region HBA's annual fall Parade of Homes, a People's Choice vote for builders and remodelers working in Laconia, Meredith, and Gilford. No public vote count, category list, or fixed dates are confirmed; check lakesregionhba.com directly each cycle before promoting an entry.

• NHSportsPage Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  NHSportsPage.com's weekly winter fan vote for New Hampshire boys basketball, sponsored by the Community College System of NH and Adrenaline Fundraising, with Buffalo Wild Wings backing the prize. A separate ballot from the site's girls basketball poll and from the SI-hosted statewide athlete vote — same publisher, same sponsors, different sport, different pool of nominees.

• NHSportsPage New Hampshire Baseball Player of the Week

  The NHSportsPage.com statewide fan vote for New Hampshire high school and community college baseball, sponsored by the Community College System of NH (CCSNH) and Adrenaline Fundraising. A spring-season weekly poll, run on the same sportngin platform and prize structure as NHSportsPage's football and basketball Player of the Week polls, but built for baseball's shorter, weather-compressed season.

• NHSportsPage New Hampshire High School Football Player of the Week

  The NHSportsPage.com statewide fan vote for New Hampshire high school football, sponsored by the Community College System of NH and Adrenaline Fundraising. Five nominees each week, closes Thursday at 7 a.m. — earlier than almost any other weekly poll in New England — and the winner earns a CCSNH shirt plus a $20 Buffalo Wild Wings gift card.

• NIBCA NW Indiana Parade of Homes

  NIBCA, the NW Indiana Builders & Contractors Association, runs the Parade of Homes with a public vote at poh.nibca.com tied to a defined event window rather than a standing ballot. Specific dates, categories, and entry rules for builders aren't published in the confirmed record; check the live site each cycle.

• NJ MileSplit Boys Performer of the Week

  A weekly fan vote from NJ MileSplit naming the top New Jersey boys track & field or cross country performer, run as a recurring series across three separate seasons each year: outdoor track in spring, cross country in fall, indoor track in winter, rather than a single season-long ballot.

• NJ Top Docs

  NJ Top Docs is a statewide New Jersey physician recognition program combining nomination and voting, confirmed at njtopdocs.com. Dr. Joseph A. Bordieri is among the 2026 confirmed honorees. It's the more public-facing member of a small group of New Jersey medical-recognition lists, several of which skip a public vote entirely.

• NJ.com Best of NJ

  NJ.com and the Star-Ledger's statewide Best of NJ program, combining editorial selections with a reader-participation component across New Jersey's largest digital news platform.

• NoCo's Cutest Dog

  NoCo's Cutest Dog is KKPL's (99.9 The Point) dog photo contest at 999thepoint.com, a Colorado radio station. Archived pages show a September contest running from 2019 through 2026. No day-level dates, category list, or vote cap are published; confirm both on the live 999thepoint.com page.

• Norman Transcript Readers' Choice

  Norman Transcript's readers' choice awards for the Norman, Oklahoma market, home to the University of Oklahoma. Voting runs at normantranscript.com/contests/choice, with the paper's sports section at normantranscript.com/sports confirming an active, locally staffed newsroom. The category list, vote cap, and calendar dates are not published where checked; confirm each on the live ballot.

• North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best North Carolina prep baseball performance of the week. SI's editors pick 10 nominees from across all eight NCHSAA classifications; anyone can vote unlimited times with no account, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual spring fan-vote run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) recognising the top North Carolina prep baseball player statewide; 15 candidates shortlisted from all NCHSAA classifications, public voting free, no account needed.

• North Carolina High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best North Carolina boys basketball performance of the week. SI editors pick roughly ten nominees; anyone can vote with no account; the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific after a roughly six-day window.

• North Carolina High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best NCHSAA football performance of the week. Fifteen nominees, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — giving campaigns a full six days from the Monday open to the Sunday night wire.

• North Carolina High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a statewide weekly fan vote each girls basketball season across all NCHSAA classifications. Editors nominate roughly 10 players, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a tighter window than the football polls, with fewer names splitting the vote.

• North Carolina High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual winter fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) selecting the top North Carolina prep girls basketball player statewide; SI editorial staff shortlists roughly 15 candidates across all NCHSAA classifications (1A–4A), public vote is free with no account required, poll typically closes in late March.

• North Carolina High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote awards run by HighSchoolOT (WRAL Sports Fan) covering 36 categories across fall, winter, and spring seasons; nominations open each spring and the public fan vote runs through June, with winners announced in July.

• North Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best North Carolina prep softball performance of the week. SI editors nominate 10 players from across all NCHSAA classifications; anyone can vote with no account, unlimited times, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT after a roughly six-day window.

• North Carolina High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual spring statewide fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) identifying the top North Carolina prep softball player across all NCHSAA classifications; SI editorial staff shortlist roughly 15 candidates, public vote is free with no account needed.

• North Dakota High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide weekly fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/north-dakota, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated). Open to all NDHSAA schools across Classes AAA, AA, A, and B. Voting is free with no per-vote cap; automated scripts trigger athlete disqualification.

• North Dakota High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/north-dakota, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated). Distinct from the weekly Athlete of the Week poll, this is a single once-a-year ballot covering NDHSAA member schools statewide, decided purely by fan vote count.

• North Georgia High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI weekly fan vote covering Atlanta metro and North Georgia prep football. Editors nominate 10–18 performers; anyone can vote, no account needed; the ballot closes every Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT — one day earlier than the Dallas regional, and a full week before the statewide Playoff ballot takes over in November.

• North Idaho NIBCA Parade of Homes

  North Idaho Building Contractors' annual Parade of Homes showcases newly built homes across the Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint markets, roughly an hour apart in Kootenai and Bonner counties. The public votes for a favorite at poh.nibca.com under NIBCA's own current-cycle rules; the exact home count, categories, and voting window aren't published beyond that base URL.

• North Suncoast Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for North Suncoast girls flag football nominees from the Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco county region.

• Northeast Florida Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for Northeast Florida girls flag football athletes in the Jacksonville-area region, running during the FHSAA spring season with no confirmed annual Player of the Year format.

• Northeast Florida High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly Jacksonville-area boys basketball fan vote, running each December through March with a Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT close. Bolles, Mandarin, Bishop Kenny, and Terry Parker are the programmes most often in the conversation, and the ballot is settled entirely by public turnout — anyone can vote with no login or registration.

• Northeast Florida High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly Jacksonville-area fan vote: 25 nominees on one September ballot, Xander Edwards logging 522 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns for Bolles, and a Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT close that runs an hour behind most voters' assumptions. No statewide Florida ballot exists — this is Jacksonville's own competition.

• Northeast Florida High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI fan vote for the best girls basketball performance in the Jacksonville metro each week. Editors nominate standout players from Duval, Clay, St. Johns, Nassau, and Putnam counties; anyone can vote with no account from December through March, with the poll closing Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

• Northeast Florida High School Softball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI regional fan vote for the best NE Florida prep softball performance of the week. SI editors choose the nominees — ten names on the April 2, 2026 ballot — anyone can vote with no account, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, the same close as the SI football ballots in the region.

• Northeast Indiana Boys Basketball FAN CHOICE Performance of the Week

  Outside the Huddle's weekly Google Forms fan vote for the top boys basketball performance in Northeast Indiana — sponsored by Crazy Pinz, nominated by coaches, and open Sunday through Tuesday at 5 p.m. Blackhawk Christian, Columbia City, Bishop Dwenger, and Bishop Luers have all produced confirmed winners.

• Northeast Indiana Football Performance of the Week

  Outside the Huddle's weekly fan-choice poll for the best NE Indiana high school football performance. Coaches submit stat lines to [email protected]; Outside the Huddle picks the nominees; fans vote via a Google Form from Saturday through 5 p.m. Tuesday. Sponsored by Crazy Pinz Entertainment Center.

• Northeast Ohio High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly NE Ohio football fan-vote run by NEO Sports Insiders (NEOSI), covering Cleveland, Akron, Canton, and surrounding counties, capped at 1 vote per person per day via EasyPolls, closing Thursday noon with the winner announced the same afternoon.

• Northern California High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at si.com run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), spotlighting standout prep athletes across seven CIF NorCal sections — Sac-Joaquin, North Coast, Central Coast, Central, Northern, San Francisco, and Oakland. No per-vote cap; automated scripts prohibited. Closes Monday 11:59 p.m. PT.

• Northern Maine Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly reader poll from the Bangor Daily News, spotlighting high school athletes across Penobscot, Hancock, and Aroostook county schools in Northern Maine. Multi-sport, mixed-gender, all three MPA seasons. Voting closes Thursday evening. Public confirmation of the program runs through 2023; the 2025-26 status needs verifying on the live BDN site.

• NorthJersey.com Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan-vote poll at NorthJersey.com, run by The Record and Herald News (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), honouring the standout North Jersey high school athlete each week of the NJSIAA sports calendar. One vote per hour per device, no login required. Covers Bergen and Passaic County schools.

• Norwich Bulletin Athlete of the Week

  Friday at 5 p.m., not Sunday night: the Norwich Bulletin closes its Eastern Connecticut athlete of the week ballot two days before most Connecticut polls even think about it. Editors pull nominees from Norwich, New London, and Windham county schools all season, no account needed to vote.

• NW Indiana Business Best of Business

  NW Indiana Business Magazine's Best of Business is a business-to-business readers' choice ballot at nwindianabusiness.com, honoring companies across Indiana's Region rather than restaurants or retail. It's the only confirmed B2B "best of" program in the state's contest landscape; specific categories aren't itemized publicly.

• NWA Democrat-Gazette Athlete of the Week

  NWA Democrat-Gazette's Prep Rally Sports vertical publishes a weekly high school athlete feature for the Bentonville, Springdale, and Fayetteville corridor at nwaonline.com/sports/prep/. Northwest Arkansas is one of the country's fastest-growing metro areas, home to Walmart's headquarters and the Walton family's Crystal Bridges Museum. Voting format and deadlines are set post by post, not standardized site-wide.

• NWA Parade of Homes People's Choice

  Home Builders Association of NW Arkansas's People's Choice vote at nwaparadeofhomes.com, decided by free e-ticket holders touring the Bentonville-Fayetteville luxury home market each June, with winners announced across multiple price categories.

• NYVT Media Best of Washington County

  NYVT Media, a community newspaper publisher across Washington County, New York, runs its Washington County ballot at nyvtmedia.secondstreetapp.com, presented locally by Telescope Furniture. Granville anchors the coverage area named in NYVT Media's own listing. Five confirmed editions back the ballot, 2021 through 2025, with the most recent window running November 24, 2025 through February 1, 2026, now closed. Unlike the large media-market best-of polls covering Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan, this one answers to a small county newspaper group instead. The ballot page lists no category roster and no per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• O.Henry Pet Photo Contest

  North Carolina's O.Henry Pet Photo Contest is a pet-photo public vote run through The Pilot Promotions on Second Street, hosted at pilot.secondstreetapp.com under the O.Henry Magazine banner. Two confirmed editions exist, 2024 and 2026, with the most recent round open May 19 through June 12, 2026, now closed. Whether entries split into categories, or what limit applies per voter, stays unstated on the account; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Ocean County Community's Choice Awards

  A county-level readers-choice program for Ocean County, New Jersey, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform with Asbury Park Press involvement, covering more than 540 nominated businesses across the Toms River and Brick area through a nomination round followed by voting rounds.

• Ohio Football Defensive Player of the Week

  SI's SBLive Ohio desk runs a football-only defensive Player of the Week fan vote at si.com/high-school/ohio, separate from its offensive and combined statewide ballots, weekly from September through November. The split mirrors the offense/defense model already running on SBLive's Wisconsin franchise. Free, no account, real human votes uncapped.

• Ohio High School Athlete of the Week

  The SBLive Ohio / High School on SI statewide fan vote covering every OHSAA sport — football, soccer, cross country, volleyball, golf, basketball — run year-round. Editors at [email protected] set the field from any sport, anyone can vote with no account, and the poll closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. ET.

• Ohio High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual spring-season fan-vote award recognising Ohio's top prep baseball player, run by the Gannett / Advance Local Ohio network — cleveland.com, Akron Beacon Journal, and Columbus Dispatch. Free to vote, no account required, statewide OHSAA eligibility.

• Ohio High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive Ohio statewide football fan vote — open to all OHSAA divisions, closing Sunday at 11:59 PM ET with no per-voter limit. Kirtland's John Silvestro ran for 255 yards and 4 touchdowns in the December 2025 championship-week ballot that drew nominees from Division I through Division VII.

• Ohio High School Player of the Year

  Sport-specific, season-end fan-vote recognition published by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/ohio, covering all OHSAA-member schools statewide. Fans vote with no per-vote cap until the stated deadline; a separate post-season "top performance" poll follows each OHSAA state championship weekend.

• Ohio High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual spring-season fan-vote award recognising Ohio's top prep softball player, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/ohio and the Columbus Dispatch (Gannett). Free to vote, no account required, all OHSAA divisions eligible across 820+ statewide member schools.

• Oil City's Best

  Oil City News's annual Casper and Natrona County readers' choice awards, confirmed at oilcity.news/best/ under the title "Oil City's Best: Readers' Choice 2025." A separate program from the Casper Star-Tribune's statewide Best of Wyoming ballot, run by a different local outlet in the same city.

• Oklahoma High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly statewide fan-vote poll run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / ScoreBookLive), open to any Oklahoma prep athlete across all OSSAA-sanctioned sports. Readers vote free each week; voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. CT; nominations go to [email protected].

• Oklahoma Magazine Best of the Best

  Oklahoma Magazine's statewide readers' awards, published as the 2025 edition at okmag.com/blog/the-best-of-the-best-2025/, cover trade and professional categories such as architects, RV dealers, auto dealerships, flooring, and HVAC alongside general consumer picks, run from the state's largest circulated monthly rather than a single city's newspaper.

• Oklahoma SBLive Athlete of the Week

  SBLive Sports and Sports Illustrated's High School on SI run a weekly, in-season fan vote for the Oklahoma High School Athlete of the Week at si.com/high-school/oklahoma/athlete-of-the-week. A single week's poll typically draws somewhere between 2,000 and 15,000 votes, open free to any visitor with no account required.

• Oklahoma SBLive Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  A boys-only winter fan vote from SBLive Sports and Sports Illustrated's High School on SI, run weekly at si.com/high-school/oklahoma/boys-basketball throughout the OSSAA season. Distinct from Oklahoma's all-sport Athlete of the Week and football ballots, it mirrors the confirmed boys/girls basketball split SBLive runs in Arkansas. Free to vote, no account needed.

• Oklahoma SBLive Football Athlete of the Week

  A football-only fan vote from SBLive Sports and Sports Illustrated's High School on SI, running weekly at si.com/high-school/oklahoma/football under the ballot title "Vote: Who should be SBLive's Oklahoma High School Football Athlete of the Week?" Free to join, open statewide during the fall OSSAA football season, no account required.

• Oklahoma SBLive Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  A girls-only winter fan vote from SBLive Sports and Sports Illustrated's High School on SI, run weekly at si.com/high-school/oklahoma/girls-basketball through the OSSAA season. Idabel has already placed a confirmed honoree on this specific slate, proving it runs separate from the boys ballot and the all-sport Athlete of the Week. Free to vote, no account needed.

• Omaha Food Fight (1620 The Zone)

  1620 The Zone, an Omaha radio station, runs Omaha Food Fight on Second Street ballot software at 1620thezone.secondstreetapp.com, a public vote built specifically around Omaha, Nebraska's restaurants and eateries. Two editions have run so far, 2025 and 2026, with 2026's nominations open from March 2 through March 13. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle, since that page is the only place either detail will actually show up.

• Omaha Metro Builders Parade of Homes

  Metro Omaha Builders Association's annual Spring Parade of Homes tour at omahaspringparadeofhomes.com, showcasing new model homes across Omaha's growth suburbs with a People's Choice public-vote component layered onto MOBA's own juried awards, though its active status should be confirmed each cycle on the live site.

• Omaha Sports Commission Awards (OSCA)

  The Omaha Sports Commission's annual awards program, honoring competitors from high school through professional and Olympic-level ranks across the Omaha metro. Public online voting runs at omahasports.org/OSCASvoting for about two weeks each April, with the 2026 cycle marking the program's eighth edition and winners recognized at a banquet every May.

• Omaha World-Herald Athlete of the Year

  Annual honor from the Omaha World-Herald (omaha.com) recognizing Nebraska's top boys and girls high school athletes each school year. Public nominations arrive across the season; the sports desk narrows the field to finalists announced in June, then picks the winners editorially. Reader interest shapes the process, but no public vote count decides it.

• Oneonta Properties of Merit

  Oneonta Properties of Merit is the Future of Oneonta Foundation's recognition contest for notable properties in Oneonta, New York, with the public vote hosted at cnynews.com by WDLA, the local Central New York radio station. Archived editions of the ballot page confirm the program ran in 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with voting each September. Exact current-cycle dates and the category list: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Oregon High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan-vote poll operated by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com, spotlighting standout Oregon OSAA high school athletes each sports season. Free, unlimited manual votes, poll closes Sunday at 11:59 pm PT.

• Oregon High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive Oregon Baseball Player of the Week is a statewide fan vote at si.com covering every OSAA classification, from 6A suburban programs down to 1A rural schools. The ballot typically carries 25–30 nominees, votes are unlimited, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific each week of the March–June season.

• Oregon High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive Oregon Boys Basketball Player of the Week fan vote runs every week of the OSAA season, December through March. Dan Brood curates the statewide field from any classification, anyone can vote — but the ballot caps supporters at one vote every six hours, making campaign pacing matter in a way the football poll never does.

• Oregon High School Football Player of the Week

  The SBLive / SI Oregon Football Athlete of the Week: a statewide fan vote at si.com covering all OSAA classifications from 6A down to 1A 6-man. With 25–36 nominees per week, winning percentage — not raw count — is what separates a mobilized community from a split field. Poll closes every Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

• Oregon High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive statewide fan vote for the best Oregon girls basketball performance of the week. One vote per six hours — not unlimited like the Oregon football poll — and it closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Dan Brood curates the 28-nominee statewide field each week from December through March.

• Oregon High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan vote polls run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/oregon, selecting a sport-specific Oregon prep Player of the Year — separate from OSAA's coaches-panel awards. Free, unlimited manual votes; automated scripts disqualify the entry.

• Oregon High School Softball Player of the Week

  The SBLive / High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best Oregon prep softball performance of the week. Editors nominate standout players from 6A down to 1A, anyone can vote with no account required, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. — the same tight deadline that governs every SI Oregon sports ballot.

• Oregon High School Wrestler of the Year

  Annual fan-vote poll at si.com by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) naming Oregon's top boys and girls prep wrestlers. The 2025-26 poll closed April 22, 2026; candidates included Tommy Belding and Brody Buzzard. Free, unlimited manual votes; bots banned.

• Orlando Dining Awards Readers' Choice

  Orlando Magazine's annual Dining Awards Readers' Choice list, covering roughly twenty categories across the Orlando metro, with the public vote feeding results that publish in the magazine's November issue.

• OrthoNebraska Athlete of the Week (Lincoln)

  The Lincoln Journal Star runs an OrthoNebraska-branded weekly athlete recognition inside its Prep Extra high school sports section at journalstar.com. OrthoNebraska sponsors this Lincoln-market edition alongside the Omaha World-Herald's separate ballot of the same name: same sponsor, two independent papers, two independent polls.

• OrthoNebraska Athlete of the Week (Omaha World-Herald)

  The Omaha World-Herald's weekly fan-vote poll, sponsored by OrthoNebraska orthopedic health system. Editors nominate four standout performers from any NSAA sport; fans vote at omaha.com (or Go.Omaha.com/athlete), and the winner is announced Wednesday. Covers the full Omaha metro plus statewide Nebraska athletes across all three NSAA seasons.

• OrthoNebraska Athlete of the Week (Omaha)

  A weekly public fan vote from the Omaha World-Herald, sponsored by OrthoNebraska, spotlighting NSAA athletes across football, basketball, soccer, baseball, and volleyball. Coverage runs at omaha.com/sports/high-school and on the paper's Instagram account, @WorldHerald; fans cast a vote directly at go.omaha.com/athlete, with no purchase or subscription required to click.

• Oshkosh / Fond du Lac Athlete of the Week

  The Northwestern (Gannett / USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin) runs a weekly multi-sport fan vote covering Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, and the surrounding communities — from Winneconne to Campbellsport. Nominations go to [email protected]; the ballot closes Friday at noon Central.

• Out & About Magazine Community Awards

  Out & About Magazine, published monthly in Wilmington by TSN Publishing, runs an annual community awards feature at outandaboutnow.com. A Yelp listing updated in May 2026 confirms the program is still active. Unlike Delaware's single-ballot sites, the exact nomination and voting steps live inside the magazine's own editorial calendar.

• Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer Readers' Choice

  Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer runs an annual Readers' Choice awards program at messenger-inquirer.com/readerschoice/, a Western Kentucky best-of ballot that lists Kentucky Wesleyan College alongside everyday Daviess County restaurants, shops, and service providers. The newspaper opens public voting each year, though the site itself is the only source for that cycle's exact dates and categories.

• Oxford Eagle Athlete of the Week

  Three confirmed editions, 2024 through 2026, back The Oxford Eagle's Athlete of the Week ballot in Oxford, Mississippi, run at theoxfordeagle.secondstreetapp.com. The Fall 2026 season opened September 2, 2026 and runs through May 3, 2027, structured as a pure voting ballot rather than the combined nominate-and-vote format the newspaper's Best of Oxford and Top 20 Under 40 programs used earlier in the year. Which categories qualify and whether a vote cap applies go unstated once the current window closes, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either detail.

• Paducah Sun Readers' Choice Awards

  The Paducah Sun's annual Readers' Choice Awards, a nominate-then-vote SecondStreet ballot covering Retail, Food, Service, Health, and Home categories across the Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky.

• Palm Beach County Community's Choice Awards

  Palm Beach County, Florida businesses compete for the Palm Beach County Community's Choice Awards, run by the Palm Beach Post at palmbeachpost.gannettcontests.com. Confirmed editions run 2023 through 2026, and the 2027 awards' nomination and voting window is confirmed October 12 through December 31, 2026. Which categories qualify and whether a per-voter limit applies go unpublished past that window, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either one.

• Palm Beach County High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI weekly fan vote for the best Palm Beach County prep football performance. SI's regional reporter nominates the field, anyone can vote unlimited times at si.com with no account required, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a county-specific poll separate from the South Florida SI vote that covers Miami-Dade and Broward.

• Palm Beach County High School Softball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI spring fan vote for the best Palm Beach County softball performance of the week. SI's reporter picks the nominees; anyone can vote with no account; the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — and the Feb 22, 2026 field featured two Cardinal Newman nominees and two King's Academy nominees alongside a West Boca Raton public-school standout.

• Panama City FPL Athlete of the Week

  Bay County's weekly FPL Athlete of the Week, run by the Panama City News Herald and sponsored by Florida Power & Light: free, public, no account needed. Feeds a spring Athlete of the Year vote that topped 400,000 combined votes in one season.

• Panhandle Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for Panhandle girls flag football athletes, with Choctawhatchee and Lawton Chiles as confirmed 2025 state-finalist programs and no confirmed annual Player of the Year format.

• Panola Watchman Back-to-School Photo Contest

  Carthage, Texas's Panola Watchman runs its Back-to-School Photo Contest each year through the Second Street platform at panolawatchman.secondstreetapp.com. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2024 through 2026, with the current window running August 10 through September 10, 2026. Neither an entry-category roster nor a repeat-voting rule appears on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Panola Watchman Cutest Trick or Treater Photo Contest

  Carthage, Texas' weekly paper, the Panola Watchman, runs the Cutest Trick or Treater Photo Contest, a Halloween costume photo vote, on the Second Street platform at panolawatchman.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions back it, 2024 and 2025; the 2025 edition opened October 26 and closed November 27. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Parade of Homes OKC People's Choice

  Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association's Parade of Homes People's Choice award runs alongside its twice-yearly, spring and fall, home tour across Edmond, Oklahoma City, Moore, Norman, Yukon, Choctaw, and Mustang. More than 100 homes open free to the public each cycle, with results and rules published at cohba.org/parade-of-homes and paradeofhomesok.com.

• Parenting OC Readers' Choice Awards

  Parenting OC's 22-year-running Orange County readers' poll, run at parentingoc.com/readers-choice-awards/, leans toward family, education, and household-service categories rather than the broad restaurant-and-retail sweep the county's other major program, the Orange County Register's Best of Orange County, runs separately through its own Facebook page each year.

• Park City's Best

  The Park Record's annual reader survey for Park City, Utah, spanning more than 100 categories from Best Art Gallery to Best Roofing Contractor, with results printed in an 84-page magazine insert.

• Parkersburg Readers' Choice

  The Parkersburg News and Sentinel's annual Readers' Choice Awards, a three-stage program across 200+ local categories, August nominations narrowed to five finalists per category, an October finalist vote, and results tabulated by an independent third party.

• Pasadena Humane Calendar Photo Contest

  Pasadena, California's animal shelter, Pasadena Humane, built its Calendar Photo Contest as a fundraiser and put the entry gallery on GoGo Photo Contest's site, address gogophotocontest.com/pasadenahumane2026calendar. Four editions, spanning 2023 to 2026, have run so far, and this year's calendar closed its voting June 30 at 11:00 PM PDT. The shelter ties every vote directly to its own fundraising, and entries drawing five votes or more earn a guaranteed spot in the following year's calendar. Judging categories and a per-supporter voting limit go unstated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• PBN Best of Business

  Providence Business News runs an annual Best of Business recognition covering Rhode Island's B2B community, blending reader input with PBN's own editorial review rather than a pure public vote tally. PBN, the state's leading business publication, publishes results as themed lists at pbn.com/lists/; confirm the current cycle's categories directly on the site.

• PennLive Mid-Penn Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  PennLive's regional fan vote for the top boys basketball performance of the week across the Mid-Penn Conference corridor — central Pennsylvania from Harrisburg to State College. Published vote totals make it one of the few Pennsylvania prep polls where you can see exactly how many votes won.

• Pennsylvania High School Athlete of the Week

  Weekly statewide fan poll published by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/pennsylvania, recognising standout PIAA athletes across all twelve districts and classifications 1A–6A. Free to vote, no account required, closes Friday 11:59 p.m. PT each week.

• Pennsylvania High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual spring fan-vote award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/pennsylvania, recognising the top PIAA baseball player across all twelve districts and classifications 1A–6A each May–June. Free to vote, no account required.

• Pennsylvania High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI's football-only statewide fan vote, drawing nominees from all twelve PIAA districts and classifications 1A through 6A. Closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a full day before Monday-close regional polls in states like Texas. No per-period cap on manual votes. Runs from Week 0 in late August through the PIAA state championship rounds in December.

• Pennsylvania High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide football POY award administered by Mr. PA Football (mrpafootball.com), decided by a tri-partite vote — fans (one vote per day), coaches, and media each contribute one-third — across multiple elimination rounds, culminating at a Hershey banquet. Separate Big School (4A–6A) and Small School (1A–3A) trophies.

• Pennsylvania High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual spring fan-vote award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/pennsylvania, choosing the top PIAA softball player across all twelve districts and classifications 1A–6A each June. Free, no account required, multiple votes allowed. The ballot lives inside a single article — find it fast, because the window is narrow.

• Pensacola News Journal Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll on pnj.com, sponsored by Florida Power & Light, recognising the top Northwest Florida Panhandle high school athlete each sports season. Voting closes Saturday at 11 a.m.; winner announced each Monday. Run by the Pensacola News Journal (Gannett / USA TODAY Network).

• People's Choice (Greenwood Commonwealth)

  Greenwood Commonwealth, a Mississippi newspaper, runs People's Choice on Second Street at greenwoodcommonwealth.secondstreetapp.com. Three editions are confirmed, 2023 through 2025, with the 2025 round open June 14 through August 30 and now closed. People's Choice does not print a category list or a voting limit anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Peoria Journal Star Boys & Girls Athlete of the Week

  The Peoria Journal Star's weekly fan-vote award for the best prep athlete in the Peoria metro and central Illinois. CEFCU sponsors the poll; it runs boys and girls ballots simultaneously; and it closes Friday at noon -- not Sunday, not Monday. That Friday cutoff is the first thing to get right.

• Peoria Journal Star Community's Choice

  YourChoiceAwards runs the Peoria Journal Star's Community's Choice readers-choice program at peoriail.communityvotes.com, where the public votes for local businesses across the Peoria metro. Results are published in the Peoria Journal Star itself, and the specific category list, vote cap, and calendar are not documented anywhere else public.

• Perry County News Readers' Choice Awards

  Perry County, Indiana's Readers' Choice Awards run under the Perry County News masthead, part of The Herald group headquartered in Jasper, through the Second Street platform at theherald.secondstreetapp.com, with two editions confirmed so far, 2023 and 2025. The 2025 voting window ran April 14 through May 13, 2025, and has since closed. Neither the category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Pharos-Tribune Readers' Choice

  The Pharos-Tribune runs Readers' Choice, a readers'-choice ballot for Logansport and Cass County, Indiana, hosted on Second Street at thepharos-tribune.secondstreetapp.com. Four confirmed editions span 2023 through 2026, and the current 2026 Readers Choice listing opens October 28, 2026 and closes January 11, 2027. A category list and a per-voter vote cap are not published beyond that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either detail.

• Philly Favorites

  The Philadelphia Inquirer's readers-choice awards, spanning 12 categories with 71 Eat & Drink subcategories alone, run as a nominate-then-vote ballot with one vote per day per category.

• Port Arthur News Best of the Best

  The Port Arthur News Best of the Best has only two confirmed rounds behind it, a 2025 nominate-then-vote cycle that ran March 23 through June 8, and a 2026 cycle that opened later and ran May 1 through August 1, both hosted at theportarthurnews2.secondstreetapp.com. The organizer keeps the category count and the per-voter rule off the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Portland Mercury Pizza Week

  Portland Mercury's annual Pizza Week pairs a special slice from participating Portland pizzerias with a public voting element at portlandmercury.com. The confirmed 2026 run was April 20-26; no published category list, vote cap, or standalone ballot page accompanies that window.

• Portland Monthly Dough Town Showdown

  Portland Monthly's Dough Town Showdown, a bracket-style public vote pitting Portland pizzerias head-to-head round by round rather than on one open ballot, hosted at pdxmonthly.com with the most recent bracket published in September 2025 and no fixed annual schedule confirmed for the next one.

• Post Register Readers' Choice

  Post Register's annual Readers' Choice awards for Idaho Falls and East Idaho, voted at postregister.secondstreetapp.com, a separate ballot from Pocatello's Idaho State Journal program and Sandhill Media's radio-driven Best of Greater Idaho Falls. The confirmed 2025 cycle ran nominations and voting from April 16 through May 14.

• Post-Star Readers' Choice Ballot

  The Post-Star's annual Readers' Choice Ballot for Glens Falls and North Country New York, run as one combined online ballot confirmed live at poststar.com/exclusive/readerschoice/ballot-2026/ rather than separate per-business vote pages, with no public category list, vote cap, or close date published anywhere yet for the current cycle.

• Prep Hoops Hawaii Player of the Week

  A weekly fan vote for Hawaii high school basketball, run by Prep Hoops, a national prep basketball recruiting and coverage network, with separate Boys and Girls ballots during the HHSAA basketball season.

• Prescott Readers' Choice (Prescott Daily Courier)

  The Prescott Daily Courier publishes Prescott Readers' Choice at dcourier.secondstreetapp.com, a Second Street ballot for Prescott, Arizona. Nominating and voting share one window rather than running as two separate stages, and for 2026 that window opened March 2 and closed May 23. Two editions back the program so far, 2025 and 2026. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle, since the Courier's page is the only place either detail will actually surface.

• Press of Atlantic City Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan poll at pressofatlanticcity.com selecting one standout Cape-Atlantic League prep athlete per week across South Jersey's Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Ocean County schools. The Press of Atlantic City (Lee Enterprises) runs the ballot; voting closes Friday at noon and the winner appears in Saturday's print edition.

• Providence Journal Community Choice Awards

  The Providence Journal's (Gannett) statewide Community Choice Awards, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform: a nomination round narrows every category to five finalists, then Rhode Islanders vote across 450+ businesses.

• Providence Journal RIIL Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The Providence Journal, in partnership with the RIIL, runs a weekly in-season fan vote for girls basketball built entirely from photos coaches text in of their own scorebooks. Several nominees compete each week; the winner is named the following week.

• Public Opinion-Aberdeen News Athlete of the Week

  One ballot, two newspapers. The Watertown Public Opinion and Aberdeen American News (both Gannett / USA TODAY Network) jointly run this free weekly athlete poll across every high school sport in northeastern South Dakota, no account needed, closing Sunday at midnight.

• Pueblo Chieftain Athlete of the Week

  The Pueblo Chieftain's weekly fan-vote poll for a standout Pueblo-area high school athlete, open to every sport rather than football only. There is no stated vote-limit restriction, and the ballot closes at midnight Friday, a full two days ahead of the Sunday-night close used by Colorado's statewide SI poll.

• Quad City Pet Photo Calendar Contest

  The Quad City Pet Photo Calendar Contest is Quad City Animal Welfare Center's annual photo fundraiser, hosted on GoGo Photo Contest's gogophotocontest.com/qcawc2026calendar page. The page names the cycle behind the 2026 calendar its 3rd Annual edition. The last confirmed entry window ran August 29 through September 19, 2025, with voting following September 20 through October 12, 2025. This cycle's page does not spell out how categories break down or set any limit on votes per person; the live site is where to check both.

• Racine Journal Times Athlete of the Week (Supernova)

  The Racine Journal Times' weekly "Supernova" fan vote, the newspaper names five Racine-area high school athletes each week and readers vote online for the performance that most stood out. Free, no account required, published weekly during the school sports calendar at journaltimes.com/sports.

• Raleigh's Best

  The News & Observer's annual Raleigh readers-choice awards, open public voting across 100+ categories with no nomination round, pulling 366,000+ votes in the 2025 cycle.

• RAMMYs

  The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington's RAMMYs recognize D.C. metro dining, with 20 total award categories including 5 opened to public voting, favorite gathering place, best brunch, hottest sandwich, best bar, and best content creator, voted April 20 through May 17 with NBC Washington presenting the June 29, 2026 ceremony.

• Rapid City Journal Best of the Black Hills

  Annual multi-category business readers-choice contest run by the Rapid City Journal (Lee Enterprises), covering the wider Black Hills tourism region and distinct from the separate CommunityVotes Rapid City ballot.

• Rapid City Journal Readers' Choice

  Rapid City Journal's Readers' Choice program runs an online reader ballot across roughly 80 categories covering Rapid City itself, published at a dated 2025 ballot URL, a narrower scope than the Journal's separate, wider-region Best of the Black Hills contest.

• Reader Rankings (Lehigh Valley Business)

  Lehigh Valley Business's Reader Rankings, an online reader vote covering the Lehigh Valley business community at lvb.com, a separate program from the identically named Reader Rankings polls run by business journals in Rochester and Maryland, with no published calendar of its own confirmed yet.

• Reader Rankings (Rochester Business Journal)

  Rochester Business Journal's annual Reader Rankings, a business-to-business readers-choice program for the Greater Rochester, New York business community, with online voting May 4-29, 2026, top-3 results announced in June, and a recognition event in July.

• Reader Rankings by The Daily Record

  The Daily Record's statewide Maryland business-community poll, running nominations in May, public voting in July, winners announced in August, and a gala in October, covering Maryland-based companies across a range of business-to-business categories.

• Red Hot Best of Northern Michigan

  Traverse Magazine's annual Up North readers' poll — nominate, then vote, for favorite dining, lodging, shopping, real estate, and service businesses across the Grand Traverse region.

• Register-Guard Boys Athlete of the Week

  The Register-Guard's weekly fan vote for the best male prep performance in the Eugene-Springfield area. Embedded on SecondStreet's platform, it covers football, soccer, basketball, and track depending on the season — and unlike the statewide SI polls, it closes Thursday at 11 a.m. Pacific, before most fans realize the window is open.

• Reno Gazette-Journal Athlete of the Week

  Champion Chevrolet Athlete of the Week from the Reno Gazette-Journal (USA TODAY Network): a weekly fan vote for Northern Nevada varsity athletes across every sport and both genders, hosted at rgj.com/sports with no account needed.

• Republican-American Readers' Choice Waterbury

  Republican-American's annual Readers' Choice awards for the Waterbury market, with winners compiled into a yearly print supplement rather than a single online leaderboard. Attorney White has topped estate planning for seven straight years, and Cramer & Anderson has won law firm three times, the two confirmed long-tenure results in an otherwise thin public record.

• Rhode Island Friday Night Rivals Matchup Vote (WJAR NBC10)

  Rhode Island now runs three separate high school football fan votes at once. WJAR NBC10's is the odd one out: it picks a game, not a player. Fans choose which matchup gets NBC10's live Friday night broadcast crew, and the schools involved, not any single athlete, are the actual nominees.

• Rhode Island High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan-vote poll run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group) at si.com/high-school/rhode-island, open to all RIIL-member schools across Rhode Island's fall, winter, and spring sports seasons. Free, no registration required.

• Rhode Island High School Baseball Athlete of the Week (High School on SI)

  High School on SI pools Rhode Island baseball nominees into its shared, year-round Athlete of the Week ballot at si.com/high-school/rhode-island once the RIIL spring season opens. Unlike Massachusetts's dedicated baseball ballot with its own named winners, no standalone Rhode Island edition is independently confirmed. No account is needed to vote.

• Rhode Island High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week

  A winter, boys-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's Rhode Island Athlete of the Week franchise would sit on the same si.com/high-school/rhode-island hub that already runs an inferred fall football edition and a pooled softball ballot. SI confirms Rhode Island boys basketball rankings coverage for the 2025 season on that hub, but no dated post yet confirms a standalone weekly vote for the sport.

• Rhode Island High School Football Athlete of the Week (High School on SI)

  A fall-only, football-specific edition of High School on SI's Rhode Island Athlete of the Week franchise, hosted on the same si.com/high-school/rhode-island hub that carries the year-round all-sport ballot. Neighboring New England SI franchises in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont run this same split-edition pattern, and it runs alongside, not instead of, WPRI's separate Blitz 12 poll.

• Rhode Island High School Football Player of the Week (WPRI Blitz 12)

  WPRI-TV CBS 12 Providence runs the Blitz 12 Player of the Week fan vote for Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts high school football. The field is 3 nominees, voting is capped at one vote per IP address and browser, and the poll closes Wednesday at 7 p.m. — not Sunday or Monday like SI's national franchise. Winners are announced Thursday on 12 Sports broadcasts.

• Rhode Island High School Multi-Sport Athlete of the Week (High School on SI)

  Free weekly fan vote from High School on SI pooling Rhode Island's winter and spring nominees, basketball, wrestling, and swimming, then baseball, softball, track, and lacrosse, into one shared si.com/high-school/rhode-island ballot outside football's fall edition. SI's confirmed National Girls Athlete of the Week ballot nominates Rhode Island athletes onto a 50-state field. No account required.

• Rhode Island High School Softball Athlete of the Week (High School on SI)

  Free statewide fan vote from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/rhode-island naming a weekly Athlete of the Week across every RIIL sport. Softball nominees join the shared spring ballot from mid-March through early June, alongside baseball, track, and lacrosse. No account is required, and the platform does not publish a fixed vote cap.

• RI Food Fights People's Choice

  RI Food Fights, tied to Rhode Island Monthly, runs single-category restaurant showdowns through the year, Best Sandwich RI in March, the Big Burger Blowout in May, Best Iced Coffee in July, and more, judged by a passport-style people's choice public vote at each event.

• RIBA Parade of Homes (Rhode Island)

  The Rhode Island Builders Association runs an online people's choice vote for its annual Parade of Homes, a showcase kept separate from RIBA's Home Show. The public votes at ribuilders.org for entered homes and builders. Exact categories, dates, and vote caps are not published here; confirm them on the live RIBA site each cycle.

• Richmond Parade of Homes

  Home Building Association of Richmond's annual Parade of Homes, promoted at hbar.org/richmond-parade-of-homes and richmondparadeofhomes.com, includes a people's-choice public vote; exact dates, categories, and caps aren't published on either site.

• Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis

  Riverfront Times' annual Best of St. Louis readers' poll at vote.riverfronttimes.com, spanning arts and entertainment, restaurants, services, and sports, still running online after the paper's 2024 sale ended its print edition.

• Rochester / Section V High School Football Player of the Week

  The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle's weekly fan vote for the best Section V football performance, presented by Faber Builders. Sports reporters pick the nominees from that weekend's games; anyone can vote — no account needed — until Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern, when the ballot closes and the winner is announced Thursday morning on @dandcsports.

• Rochester Area Builders Parade of Homes

  Rochester Area Builders runs an online people's-choice vote for its Parade of Homes at rochesterareabuilders.com/parade-of-homes/, covering the Rochester, New York metro. It is unrelated to Rochester Community's Choice Awards or Reader Rankings, two separate business ballots that share the city name but not the builders association or its home tour.

• Rochester Community's Choice Awards

  Rochester Democrat & Chronicle's Greater Rochester readers-choice program, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/rochester/, spanning more than 140 business categories through a nomination stage and voting rounds.

• Rockford Register Star Athlete of the Week

  The Rockford Register Star's weekly fan-vote award covering high school athletes across the Rockford metro — multi-sport, year-round, capped at one vote per device per day, and decided Friday at noon. Nominations go to [email protected] by Monday morning.

• RoCo Gold Peoples' Choice

  Salisbury, North Carolina's daily newspaper, the Salisbury Post, runs RoCo Gold Peoples' Choice on a Second Street ballot hosted at salisburypost3.secondstreetapp.com. Two editions are confirmed, 2025 and 2026, and instead of splitting nomination from voting into separate stretches, this program keeps both inside one continuous window: the 2026 run is confirmed open July 23 through September 11. A category roster and a limit on votes per supporter are both missing past that window, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle before promising either detail to a supporter.

• Rutland Herald Best of the Best

  Annual Rutland Herald readers-choice awards for Rutland County businesses, hosted on the SecondStreet ballot platform, with 100+ categories spanning restaurants, dental, auto, home services, contractors, and media personalities.

• Sacramento Bee Athlete of the Week

  The Sacramento Bee (McClatchy) highlights top CIF Sac-Joaquin Section performers each week through editorial recognition. The Sacramento market's active public fan-vote poll is run by SBLive / High School on SI at si.com — free, no account, closes Monday 11:59 p.m. PT — covering Folsom, Elk Grove, Jesuit, Granite Bay, Del Oro, Rocklin, and dozens more.

• Sacramento Favorites

  The Sacramento Bee's public nominate-and-vote business ballot across 282 categories, now in its third year, with 2025 turnout topping 275,000 votes and 4,700-plus nominated businesses.

• Salem Statesman Journal Boys Athlete of the Week

  The Maps Credit Union Boys Athlete of the Week is a standalone weekly fan vote from the Salem Statesman Journal, run separately from the paper's girls ballot on the same SecondStreet platform. It draws multi-sport nominees from Marion and Polk county programs (Salem, Keizer, Silverton, Woodburn, Dallas, Independence, Monmouth) and closes 9 a.m. Thursday, hours ahead of most other Oregon weekly polls.

• Salina Area Defensive Player of the Year Presented by Salina Tech

  Where do Salina supporters vote in the Salina Area Defensive Player of the Year? At poll.fm/16400068, hosted by Crowdsignal. The program recognizes standout defensive football performers from Kansas high schools in the Salina region, with voting traditionally opening in December. Confirmed edition years include 2023 and 2025.

• Salina Community's Choice Awards

  Salina Journal, part of Gannett, runs the Salina Community's Choice Awards on the Second Street ballot platform at salina.gannettcontests.com. Three rounds have run there so far: 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 voting ballot opened July 17 and closed August 1. Separate pages carry the nomination phase, the vote itself, and a winners list, the same three-page pattern repeating across all three confirmed years. Ballot categories and a per-voter limit: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• San Angelo Community's Choice Awards

  San Angelo Standard-Times runs the San Angelo Community's Choice Awards, a best-of business ballot for San Angelo, Texas, on the Second Street platform at gosanangelo.gannettcontests.com. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2024 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot ran August 7 through August 22, 2026, now closed. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• San Antonio / South Texas High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI / SBLive's regional fan vote for the top prep football performer across San Antonio and South Texas — a ballot that in 2025 put a Ganado 2A program on the same weekly list as a Bexar County 6A school, with unlimited voting and a Monday 11:59 p.m. PT close.

• San Diego House Rabbit Society Bunnyfest Photo Contest

  San Diego House Rabbit Society runs the Bunnyfest Photo Contest, a rabbit photo fundraiser for its San Diego, California shelter, posted at gogophotocontest.com/bunnyfest2018photocontest through GoGo Photo Contest's hosted service. Two editions are confirmed, 2018 and 2019, and the confirmed 2018 cycle notes that online voting ends September 20 at midnight PDT. Submission itself is free, and the society frames the whole contest as support for its shelter bunnies. Unlike Best of San Diego & Best Restaurants, which covers local businesses citywide, this contest runs one rabbit photo pool for one shelter. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Sarasota Community's Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards / LocaliQ's Sarasota metro readers-choice program at yourchoiceawards.com/sarasota/, running roughly 160 categories through a two-stage nominate-then-vote structure covering Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, and the surrounding barrier islands, with no published vote cap or fixed close date on the public record, so confirm those details on the site each cycle.

• Sauk Valley Favorites

  Sauk Valley Media's annual reader vote across 100 categories for the Sterling, Rock Falls, and Dixon region — 67,000-plus votes and 1,400-plus businesses recognized in 2025, with winners announced at a live gala.

• SBLive Michigan Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming one standout Michigan prep athlete each week of the MHSAA calendar. Nominations go to [email protected]; the ballot closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. and the winner posts Monday. No account is required, and the organizer does not publish a per-day vote ceiling.

• SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 1

  Annual Division 1-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's largest-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 1 state final. Voting is free, no purchase is necessary, and the window closes December 14 each year.

• SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 2

  Annual Division 2-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's second-largest-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 2 state final. Voting is free; the window closes each December, with the exact date confirmed on the live article every cycle.

• SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 3

  Annual Division 3-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's mid-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 3 state final. Voting is free; the confirmed cycle runs in December, with the exact close date verified on that year's live article.

• SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 4

  Annual Division 4-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's smaller-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 4 state final. Voting is free, and the most recently confirmed window closed December 15, a fixed date not every sibling division shares.

• SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 7

  Annual Division 7-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's second-smallest 11-player MHSAA football classification after the Division 7 state final. Voting is free; SI has not published a fixed December close date specific to this division in the confirmed record.

• SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 8

  Annual Division 8-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the smallest enrollment band in the state's eleven-man MHSAA football ladder, one step above 8-player football. Voting is free; SI has not published a fixed December close date specific to this division in the confirmed record.

• SBLive Ohio Athlete of the Week

  Sports Illustrated's SBLive Ohio franchise runs this statewide Athlete of the Week fan vote at si.com/high-school/ohio, one of several weekly high-school polls active across Ohio alongside regional papers in Akron and Cincinnati. Unlike those two, SBLive Ohio places no ceiling on how many times a single fan can vote before the Monday winner announcement.

• SBLive Ohio Flyin' to the Hoop Performance Vote

  Sports Illustrated's SBLive Ohio desk runs a fan vote for the best individual performance at the Flyin' to the Hoop invitational, a January high school basketball showcase confirmed on si.com/high-school/ohio as of the 2025 event. Readers pick a favorite inside the embedded widget. No account is required to vote.

• SBLive Ohio Football Offensive Player of the Week

  SI's SBLive Ohio desk runs a football-only offensive Player of the Week fan vote at si.com/high-school/ohio, separate from its combined statewide ballot, weekly from September through November. The split mirrors the offense/defense model already running on SBLive's Wisconsin franchise. Free, no account, real human votes uncapped.

• SBLive Ohio Football State Championship Performance Vote

  Sports Illustrated's SBLive Ohio desk runs an annual December fan vote for the single best individual performance across that year's seven OHSAA football state championship games, all played the same weekend at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. One performance represents each division, and the poll on si.com/high-school/ohio requires no account.

• SBLive Ohio Girls Basketball State Tournament Performance Vote

  An annual fan vote from Sports Illustrated's SBLive Ohio desk, picking one standout performer from each winter's OHSAA girls basketball state tournament bracket. The format mirrors SBLive's confirmed boys' tournament vote and its own December football championship-performance poll. Vote at si.com/high-school/ohio; no account needed.

• SBLive Ohio Softball Top Catchers

  Free position-only fan vote run by High School on SI / SBLive Ohio at si.com/high-school/ohio, isolating catchers from the rest of the softball roster alongside the statewide Player of the Year poll and a separate pitchers-only ballot. Confirmed active for the 2025 OHSAA spring season; no account needed to vote.

• SBLive Ohio Softball Top Pitchers

  Free position-only fan vote run by High School on SI / SBLive Ohio at si.com/high-school/ohio, isolating pitchers from the rest of the softball roster alongside the statewide Softball Player of the Year poll. Confirmed active for the 2025 OHSAA spring season. Free to enter, no account needed, no stated cap on real human votes.

• SC Best in Business Awards

  Greenville Business Magazine's annual B2B readers' program, entered at greenvillebusinessmag.com/nominate/ across roughly 40 business categories. It runs alongside, and is often confused with, the Upstate's much larger general-consumer Community's Choice Awards; community votes decide the winners here once the nomination window closes.

• ScoringLive All-Hawaii Boys Volleyball

  ScoringLive names its All-Hawaii Boys Volleyball honors at scoringlive.com/allhawaii, covering ILH, OIA, and BIIF programs in one of the few states where boys volleyball is a mainstream varsity sport. No confirmed public ballot exists here; the organizer's matching football honors run on staff and coach review instead.

• ScoringLive All-Hawaii Football

  ScoringLive's annual All-Hawaii Football honors (Open Division, Division I, Division II) are chosen by staff, area coaches, and media from statewide power rankings, not a fan ballot. Campbell, Kailua, and Kamehameha Schools Maui led the 2025 rankings. No public vote exists for this specific recognition.

• Scottsbluff Star-Herald Readers' Choice

  The Star-Herald's annual Readers' Choice ballot for the Scottsbluff-Gering metro and the Nebraska Panhandle, voted directly on the SecondStreet form with no separate nomination round.

• Seacoast Athlete of the Week (SeacoastOnline / Foster's Daily Democrat)

  SeacoastOnline and Foster's Daily Democrat, both Gannett-owned papers covering coastal New Hampshire, run a weekly Athlete of the Week fan vote that names a boys' honoree and a girls' honoree every week. The ballot appears at seacoastonline.com/sports and fosters.com/sports, allows roughly one vote per device per day, and requires no account.

• Seacoast Girls Athlete of the Week (SeacoastOnline)

  SeacoastOnline (Gannett) runs a standalone girls' Athlete of the Week fan vote for New Hampshire's coastal towns, separate from its combined boys-and-girls ballot. Oyster River, Exeter, Spaulding, and Dover supply most nominees. The confirmed January 2026 winner, an Exeter High School nominee, took just over 32% of the vote.

• Seattle Readers' Choice

  Seattle Magazine's annual Readers' Choice awards run as an online ballot at seattlemag.com across 100+ categories, with winners printed each year in the magazine's November/December issue rather than posted to a live leaderboard.

• Seattle Sports Star of the Year

  The Seattle Sports Commission's annual statewide fan vote honoring Washington's top professional, college, and amateur athletes, Seahawks, Sounders, Storm, and Huskies/Cougars fans vote once per day through mid-February, with winners revealed at a live awards event in March.

• Seven Daysies

  Seven Days' statewide reader poll for Vermont, a write-in nomination round that narrows to a June finalist ballot across 100+ categories, published each August in the "All the Best" magazine.

• Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee

  Shepherd Express, Milwaukee's alt-weekly, runs an online Best of Milwaukee ballot where both the nominations and the votes come entirely from the community, not an editorial shortlist. The current cycle's ballot lives at bom25.shepherdexpress.com; confirm categories and dates on the live site each year.

• Sheridan Press Athlete of the Week

  The Sheridan Press's own weekly fan-vote poll for Sheridan County high school athletes, hosted independently on Second Street App — separate from the statewide WyoPreps/Townsquare vote used across the rest of Wyoming. Anyone can vote online, and a new ballot goes up each week of the school sports season.

• Shore Sports Insider Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  Shore Sports Insider's weekly Shore Conference boys basketball fan vote for Monmouth and Ocean counties, NJ. Ten nominees across eight divisional slots plus two wild cards — voting is limited to once per hour per voter, the ballot closes Saturday 10:00 AM, and the winner receives a Broad Street Dough Co. gift card.

• Shore Sports Insider Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  Shore Sports Insider's weekly fan vote for the best girls basketball performance in the Shore Conference (Monmouth and Ocean counties, NJ). Twelve nominees across eight divisions plus four wild cards; closes Friday at 10:00 PM; capped at one vote per hour — a harder mechanic than most regional polls in the state.

• Shore Sports Insider Shore Conference Football Player of the Week

  Shore Sports Insider runs three separate weekly fan-vote polls — Offensive, Defensive, and Special Teams — for Shore Conference football covering Monmouth and Ocean counties. Voting closes Wednesday at 10:00 PM, earlier than any other New Jersey football poll, and the Wednesday close is the one fact that trips up first-time campaigns.

• Shreveport Times High School Athlete of the Week

  The Shreveport Times weekly fan vote for the top prep athlete across Northwest Louisiana — covering every LHSAA sport except football, closing Friday night, with the winner receiving a Raising Cane's prize package and a feature story.

• SI Delaware High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week

  A winter, boys-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's Delaware Athlete of the Week franchise at si.com/high-school/delaware, inferred from the same hub's confirmed fall football ballot and the network's pattern of running sport-specific editions in other states. No dated boys-basketball post independently confirms a cadence or close day for Delaware yet.

• SI Delaware High School Football Athlete of the Week

  Weekly fall fan vote for Delaware prep football, hosted by Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/delaware. The football-specific format follows the same organizer's confirmed pattern in other states; Delaware's own per-device cap and close day are not independently verified. Free to vote, no account required.

• SI Delaware High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week

  A winter, girls-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's Delaware Athlete of the Week franchise, inferred from si.com/high-school/delaware's confirmed fall football ballot and the network's habit of running sport-specific editions elsewhere. No dated girls-basketball post has surfaced yet, so the edition's existence, cap, and close day for Delaware remain unconfirmed.

• SI Delaware High School Softball Athlete of the Week

  A spring, softball-specific edition of High School on SI's Delaware Athlete of the Week franchise at si.com/high-school/delaware, inferred from the hub's confirmed fall football ballot and the SI network's habit of extending coverage into softball season elsewhere. No dated Delaware softball post has surfaced yet.

• SI National Boys Athlete of the Week: Delaware Nominees

  A weekly, nationwide fan vote from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school: Delaware boys join nominees from all 50 states on one combined ballot, not a Delaware-only poll. Free, no fixed per-voter cap, only automated votes barred. Exact close time lives on the current week's post.

• SI National Boys Athlete of the Week: Rhode Island Nominees

  High School on SI runs a weekly, nationwide Boys Athlete of the Week vote at si.com/high-school/national, pulling nominees from all fifty states onto one combined ballot. Rhode Island, the smallest state in the country, still lands athletes on that field on a regular basis, competing directly against much larger states.

• SI/SBLive Wisconsin Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin, run by SI/SBLive Wisconsin, recognizing one standout WIAA prep athlete across every sport and classification. SBLive publishes roughly 52 ballots a year — essentially one every week, including stretches outside the traditional WIAA season. No account required to vote.

• SIBA Parade of Homes People's Choice

  SIBA's (Southern Indiana Builders Association) annual Parade of Homes People's Choice award, voted at sibaparadeofhomes.com/vote/, crowned Jagoe Homes the 2025 winner for its model home at 3075 Hyland Dr in Newburgh. No confirmed category list, vote cap, or close date accompanies that record; confirm specifics on the live site each cycle.

• Simply the Best — Harrisburg Magazine

  Harrisburg Magazine's annual Simply the Best readers-choice awards for Central Pennsylvania, covering Harrisburg, Hershey, York, and Lebanon. Nominations close February 20; public voting for the confirmed 2026 ballot runs April 15 through June 15, an eight-week gap sits between the two stages.

• Siouxland's Choice

  Sioux City Journal's annual Siouxland's Choice readers-choice awards run in two phases, nomination then voting, with winners published each year in the paper's February Weekender. The 2025 cycle drew 32,412 nominations and 357,332 votes from 8,624 participants across the Siouxland region.

• Snoqualmie Valley Record Best of the Valley

  Snoqualmie Valley Record, a Washington newspaper, runs Best of the Valley, a readers'-choice business ballot for the Snoqualmie Valley area at snoqualmievalleyrecord.secondstreetapp.com, on the Second Street platform rather than CommunityVotes. Two confirmed editions exist: a voting-only round in 2025, closed October 27, 2025, and a combined nomination-and-voting round for 2026, open July 17 through October 1. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Soirée Best Lawyers Little Rock

  Little Rock Soirée and Arkansas Business jointly run Best Lawyers Little Rock, a readers' award deciding winners through peer review combined with reader voting. Five confirmed categories cover civil, criminal, business, family, and personal injury law, with the ballot hosted as an editorial feature on littlerocksoiree.com rather than a separate voting microsite.

• South Carolina Football Hall of Fame Fan Vote

  Where does South Carolina vote on its football Hall of Fame class? At scfootballhof.org, where the SC Football Hall of Fame runs an annual fan vote open to all for both modern-era and legacy nominees. Two confirmed editions back the program, 2025 and 2026, moving through a November nomination round into a January final vote. No roster of ballot categories and no limit on how often a supporter may return appear anywhere on the current page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly statewide fan poll at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated), recognising the top South Carolina prep athlete each SCHSL sports season. No vote cap; automated scripts are banned. Voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.

• South Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Week

  Weekly spring fan vote from High School on SI / SBLive Sports at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, honoring one standout South Carolina prep baseball performer each week, February through May. The organizer confirms the same weekly format in Georgia and North Carolina. Free to vote; no account required.

• South Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide baseball-specific fan-vote poll operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, crowning South Carolina's top prep baseball player. Free, no hourly vote cap; automated scripts are banned. Also tracked by the Independent Mail covering the Upstate.

• South Carolina High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  Free, statewide fan vote run by High School on SI (SBLive Sports) at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, crowning one standout boys basketball performer each week of the SCHSL season across all classifications. No vote cap, no account needed — SI names only the winner, never a running tally, in the following week's article.

• South Carolina High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide boys-basketball fan-vote poll run by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, crowning South Carolina's top prep boys basketball player each winter season. Free, no hourly vote cap; automated scripts are prohibited. Closes post-SCHSL state tournament.

• South Carolina High School Football Defensive Player of the Year

  Annual, defense-only fan-vote trophy from SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, separate from South Carolina's combined award, its offensive counterpart, and the weekly Player of the Week poll. Free to vote, no account required; confirm the live page each cycle for the nominee field and dates.

• South Carolina High School Football Offensive Player of the Year

  Annual, offense-only fan-vote trophy from SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, separate from the state's combined Player of the Year and weekly Player of the Week polls. The organizer confirms this offense/defense split format in other Southeastern states. Free to vote, no account required; confirm the live page for this cycle's nominee field and close date.

• South Carolina High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive statewide fan vote for the best South Carolina prep football performance of the week. Editors draw from all SCHSL classifications and SCISA private schools — up to 15 nominees per ballot — and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Vote totals are never published; only the winner is named the following week.

• South Carolina High School Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award for South Carolina prep football, run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/south-carolina. The season's weekly Player of the Week honorees feed the pool this vote draws from. Free to vote, no account required; confirm the live page for this cycle's exact nominee list and close date.

• South Carolina High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  Free weekly fan vote from High School on SI (SBLive Sports) at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, recognizing one standout South Carolina prep girls basketball performer each week of the SCHSL winter season. Confirmed active as of January 2025, with no posted per-visit vote limit; automated scripts are barred under SI's contest terms.

• South Carolina High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide girls-basketball fan-vote poll run by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, selecting South Carolina's top prep girls basketball player after each SCHSL winter season. Free, no hourly cap; automated scripts are prohibited. Voting closes late March.

• South Carolina High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/south-carolina, operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated), crowning South Carolina's top prep football player. Two editions each cycle: Preseason POY (summer) and End-of-Season POY (post-championship, January). Free to vote; no hourly cap; automated scripts banned.

• South Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly fan vote for South Carolina prep softball. Editors nominate roughly 10 standout performers; anyone can vote unlimited times with no account. The ballot closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. Pacific — and the organizer publishes the winner's name only, never the raw totals.

• South Carolina High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide girls softball fan-vote award operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/south-carolina. Free, unlimited human votes; automated scripts are banned. Covers all SCHSL classifications during the spring softball season, closing at the deadline stated on the active poll article.

• South Carolina High School Volleyball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote poll run each fall by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/south-carolina/volleyball, naming South Carolina's top prep volleyball player after the SCHSL season wraps. Free to enter, no account required. Confirm the exact voting window on the live poll page each cycle; High School on SI adjusts dates by year.

• South Carolina Mr. Football Reader Poll

  Twenty percent of South Carolina's Mr. Football score comes from a public vote, not the committee. Five finalists go up October 31. The reader poll shuts around November 24, and the winner is revealed December 13 at halftime of the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl.

• South Dakota High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly statewide fan poll at argusleader.com, run by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), covering all SDHSAA sports seasons across Class AA, A, and B schools. ArgusLeader.com readers vote, with the poll closing Fridays at 11:59 p.m.

• South Dakota High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote football Player of the Year award for South Dakota prep athletes, hosted on si.com/high-school/south-dakota by High School on SI (SBLive Sports). Voting is free, open to any reader, and the 2024 poll recorded 17,475 total votes before closing. One of the few SD-statewide annual POY fan polls.

• South Florida Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season fan poll from High School on SI / SBLive for South Florida girls flag football standouts, with public voting during the FHSAA spring season and no confirmed annual Player of the Year format.

• South Florida High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI weekly fan vote for the best prep baseball performance across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Editors select nominees from the week's results, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a hard deadline that ends just as most South Florida supporters are finishing the weekend.

• South Florida High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly fan vote for the best boys basketball performance in Miami-Dade and Broward County. The ballot closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. Eastern — one of the few SI polls that runs on ET rather than PT — with unlimited voting and no account required.

• South Florida High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly fan vote covering Miami-Dade and Broward County prep football. The ballot closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT — two hours ahead of midnight for Florida fans — with unlimited voting and no account required. Florida runs no statewide football POTW; this is the only weekly poll for South Florida nominees.

• South Florida High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly fan vote for the best girls basketball performance in Miami-Dade and Broward County. Running weekly from November through February, no account required to vote, and the ballot lives inside a dated SI article — not a permanent page — so finding the live poll is the first thing to get right.

• South Georgia High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly fan-vote poll run by High School on SI covering South and Middle Georgia prep football; editors select 10-18 nominees each week, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes every Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT — then transitions to a single statewide playoff ballot once the GHSA postseason begins.

• South Shore Community Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards runs the South Shore Community Choice Awards at yourchoiceawards.com/southshore, recognizing 450+ Massachusetts businesses across 120+ categories from dentists and salons to restaurants, realtors, and contractors. The 2026 nomination window opened June 1; category rules, any voting cap, and the close date should be confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

• Southeast Minnesota Marching Band Vote

  The Southeast Minnesota Marching Band Vote is KROC-FM's annual online fan poll crowning a favorite high school marching band across the Rochester, Minnesota radio market, at kroc.com. The station runs a nomination week followed by a public vote each year. An archived edition of this contest's page shows voting originally set to close on a Friday before an organizer-announced extension through the following Sunday. Exact 2026 dates, a category list, and a per-voter cap remain unpublished as of September 2026; confirm all three on the live page.

• Southeast Missourian People's Choice Awards

  The Southeast Missourian's annual People's Choice Awards, a southeast Missouri readers'-choice program run by the Cape Girardeau daily at semissourian.com, with 2025 results announced September 27, 2025. The exact category list and vote structure aren't published anywhere checked for this guide, so confirm them on semissourian.com each cycle.

• Southern California Girls High School Athlete of the Week

  High School on SI's girls-specific weekly fan vote for Southern California prep standouts. Distinct from the all-gender SoCal poll — this ballot focuses exclusively on girls athletics across CIF Southern Section, LA City Section, and San Diego Section. No account required; closes Saturday or Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific; automated scripts are prohibited and result in athlete disqualification.

• Southern California High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at si.com run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) spotlighting prep standouts across CIF Southern Section, LA City Section, and San Diego Section each sports season. No per-vote cap; automated scripts prohibited.

• Southern California High School Baseball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's playoff-season fan vote covering the CIF Southern Section — all nine divisions, eight counties, roughly 600 programs — with a Saturday 11:59 p.m. PT close. The statewide California poll runs the regular season; this one runs when the games matter most.

• Southern California High School Softball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive fan vote for the best CIF Southern Section softball performance of the week. Editors nominate 10 players spanning all nine CIF-SS divisions, anyone votes with no account, and the ballot closes Saturday at 11:59 p.m. PT — a full day before Sunday's statewide softball poll opens its own final hours.

• Southern Maine Athletes of the Week

  Free weekly reader ballot from Portland Press Herald's Varsity Maine sports desk, spotlighting Southern Maine high school athletes across Cumberland, York, and Androscoggin county schools. Three separate seasonal ballots run fall, winter, and spring, covering nine sports from cross country to track, with the 2025-26 cycle confirmed live at pressherald.com.

• Southern Maine Athletes of the Week — Fall Season

  Free fall-season ballot from Portland Press Herald's Varsity Maine desk, spotlighting Southern Maine high school athletes in football, soccer, field hockey, cross country, and golf across Cumberland, York, and Androscoggin county schools. No per-device vote cap or nomination email is publicly documented for this regional fall window.

• Southern Oregon Magazine Readers' Choice Best Of

  Southern Oregon Magazine's own annual Readers' Choice Best Of, an online vote covering the Medford and Ashland area at southernoregonmagazine.com, with results published in the magazine's Winter edition each January. Independently run, not tied to Gannett's YourChoiceAwards network or any daily newspaper in the region.

• Southern RI Chamber Choice Awards

  The Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce runs its annual Chamber Choice Awards at srichamber.com/chamber-choice-awards, blending public community voting with chamber judging rather than a pure fan-vote tally. The program serves South County's business community, a different animal from Rhode Island Monthly's statewide poll and the two weekly prep-football fan votes running elsewhere in the state.

• Southlake Style Readers' Choice

  Southlake Style Magazine runs its Readers' Choice ballot for Southlake, Texas through Greenhouse Ventures on Second Street at southlakestylemagazine.secondstreetapp.com. Seven confirmed editions run 2020 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot opened January 8 and closed February 23. A category list and vote cap stay unpublished past that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Southwest Florida Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for Southwest Florida girls flag football standouts, confirmed for 2025 cycles but with no named Southwest Florida winners in the provided facts.

• Southwest Florida High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI weekly fan vote for the best boys basketball performance in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties — Fort Myers, Naples, and Cape Coral. Editors nominate the week's standouts; anyone can vote with no account; the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. The poll runs December through March and is separate from the Southwest Florida football and flag-football counterparts on the same SI platform.

• Southwest Florida High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI's weekly fan poll for Lee and Collier County standouts — the Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and Naples corridor. Confirmed 2025 nominees include Community School of Naples (two in a single week), Lely (QB and RB on the same ballot), Gulf Coast, North Fort Myers, and Ida Baker. Closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT with no per-vote cap.

• Southwest Florida High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The High School on SI weekly fan vote for the best girls basketball performance in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties — Fort Myers, Naples, and Cape Coral. Editors nominate the week's standouts; anyone can vote with no account required; the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT. The poll runs December through March, then goes quiet until the next season.

• Southwest Florida High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI's fan-vote poll for the top prep softball performance of the week in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties. Editors nominate; anyone votes with no account; the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern — earlier than you might expect if you're used to the Pacific-time closes on other SI polls.

• Southwest Times Record Athlete of the Week (Fort Smith)

  Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith's daily paper, features a River Valley high school Athlete of the Week tied to its prep-sports coverage and Facebook page @SWTimesRecord. No published vote cap or nomination email is confirmed here. The live post at swtimesrecord.com governs the current week's rules.

• Spartanburg Community's Choice Awards

  YourChoiceAwards' Spartanburg Community's Choice Awards, operated by LocaliQ, runs roughly 160 categories at yourchoiceawards.com/spartanburg/, built on a nominate-first, vote-second structure across the Spartanburg metro, with no newspaper named as a partner, and no published vote cap or fixed calendar confirmed yet for the current cycle.

• Springfield Community's Choice

  YourChoiceAwards runs Springfield Community's Choice at yourchoiceawards.com/springfieldil/, the capital city's local readers-choice program. The 2025 cycle's winners are confirmed; category list, vote cap, and this cycle's close date should be read off the live ballot page rather than assumed from a prior year.

• Springfield Community's Choice Awards

  Springfield, Missouri's Community's Choice Awards is organized by the Springfield News-Leader on news-leader.gannettcontests.com. Four editions are now confirmed, 2023 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot's window ran July 6 through July 21 before closing. The ballot page lists no category roster and no per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Springfield News-Leader Athlete of the Week

  The Springfield News-Leader's weekly fan vote covers all MSHSAA sports, year-round, for metro southwest Missouri schools. Reader email nominations feed the ballot; anyone can vote unlimited times — but the poll closes Friday at 10 a.m., not Sunday night like SI's Missouri polls.

• Springs Magazine People's Choice Awards

  Springs Magazine's annual Colorado readers-choice program, with public voting at springsmag.com/peoples-choice-awards. The inaugural edition ran in 2025, making 2026 its second cycle. The magazine has not published a category list, ballot format, or vote cap anywhere public; confirm cycle specifics directly on the live page.

• Sprudgie Awards

  Sprudge Media's Sprudgie Awards, a global reader nomination and vote for coffee businesses across 13 categories, run at sprudge.com/vote with voting closing each January, and a 17th annual edition confirmed for 2025, unusual for a California-based outlet's award reaching entrants worldwide.

• SRI / IND Readers' Choice

  A single confirmed edition is the entire history behind SRI / IND Readers' Choice, RI Media Group's Second Street ballot for Westerly, Rhode Island. The current 2026 window runs July 16 through September 14 at westerlysun.secondstreetapp.com. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• SRQ Magazine Pets We Love Fan Favorites

  Sarasota, Florida's Pets We Love Fan Favorites is a pet-photo readers' vote that SRQ Magazine organizes through its Second Street account, srqmagazine.secondstreetapp.com. Five confirmed editions back it: 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 round running May 1 through May 31. Neither a category breakdown nor a vote limit appears on the page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle before promising a supporter anything specific.

• St. Cloud Times Readers' Choice

  St. Cloud Times' Central Minnesota readers' choice vote, run through the Gannett-owned paper's own site at stcloudtimes.com/exclusive/readerschoice instead of a separate contest domain. No fixed category list, voting window, or vote cap is published here, and the live page is the only confirmed source each cycle.

• St. Joseph CommunityVotes

  St. Joseph CommunityVotes is the Northwest Missouri edition of the shared CommunityVotes readers'-choice platform, running an active 2025 online ballot at stjoseph.communityvotes.com. It's a separate program from Missouri's magazine-run best-of polls in St. Louis and Kansas City, built on the same town-by-town platform Columbia, Missouri, also uses.

• St. Louis Magazine A-List

  St. Louis Magazine's A-List Readers' Choice Awards, run at stlmag.com/alist, draws roughly 130,000 category nominations and about 360,000 votes each year, capped at one vote per category per day, with 2025 results confirming Shack Breakfast as the winner of Best Breakfast among dozens of local categories.

• Star Health / Delaware SportsZone Athlete of the Week (WDEL)

  A free weekly fan vote at wdel.com/sports/high-school/athlete-of-the-week/, branded the "Star Health / Delaware SportsZone Athlete of the Week" and run by WDEL 101.7 FM, part of Audacy. Covers football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, and cross country. No account is needed; no vote cap or close time is published, so confirm both on the live post.

• Star Local Media Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at starlocalmedia.com recognising the top North Texas DFW-suburb prep athlete each UIL sports season. Up to six nominees selected by the Star Local Media sports staff; one vote per device, closes 10 a.m. Monday. Independent community newspaper group covering Collin and Denton counties.

• Star Local Media Colorado Athlete of the Week

  Star Local Media's suburban Denver Athlete of the Week: same weekly format as the publisher's North Texas edition, five to six county nominees, ballot resets every Monday at 10 a.m.

• Star Tribune Minnesota Athletes of the Week

  Weekly recognition feature from the Star Tribune's StribVarsity high school sports vertical at varsity.startribune.com, honoring Minnesota prep athletes chosen by the editorial desk from emailed coach and reader nominations. No public ballot or vote count decides the pick; selections are confirmed running January through May 2026 across MSHSL winter and spring sports.

• Star-Advertiser Hawaii's Best

  The Honolulu Star-Advertiser's annual Hawaii's Best readers-choice awards, nominated through forms.oahupublications.com and voted at nonstophawaii.com/hawaiisbest/, a two-stage structure distinct from Hawaii's other statewide ballots. The 2026 voting window is already closed, with no public category list or vote totals confirmed here.

• Stark County Community's Choice Awards

  The Canton Repository's readers-choice business awards, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform (Gannett): nominations April 9-30, a top-5 finalist cutoff per category, then public voting June 16-30 across 130+ Stark County business categories.

• Statesboro Herald Halloween Costume Contest

  Statesboro Herald runs the Halloween Costume Contest, a Second Street public-vote ballot for Statesboro, Georgia. Three confirmed editions have run since 2023, the most recent voting window closing November 4, 2025. The account has not posted a 2026 date, a category roster, or a per-voter limit for this ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Statesboro Herald Reading Nook Contest

  Unlike Georgia's statewide and metro best-of ballots, Statesboro, Georgia's Reading Nook Contest is a single-newspaper reader photo vote that the Statesboro Herald runs on its own Second Street site, statesboroherald.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions stand behind it so far: the 5th Annual Reading Nook Contest in 2025 and the 6th Annual Reading Nook Contest, whose 2026 window closed March 1 after opening February 1. Nothing on that page breaks entries into categories, and no per-voter limit appears anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Statesman Journal Athlete of the Week

  The Statesman Journal's weekly fan vote for the best high school athlete across Salem-Keizer. Run on the SecondStreet platform, sponsored by MAPS Credit Union, covering all sports year-round — and closing Thursday at noon PT, a full two to three days earlier than most Oregon weekly polls.

• STL Headliner

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch readers-choice business awards. 140+ categories, a top-5 finalist ballot, and one vote per category per day.

• Stokes News Readers' Choice

  Stokes News runs Stokes News Readers' Choice for Stokes County, North Carolina, at stokesnews.secondstreetapp.com on the SecondStreet platform. Three editions are confirmed so far, 2024 through 2026, with the 2026 ballot running June 16 through July 14, 2026. Past that window, Stokes News's own live page is what actually settles any category list or vote cap, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Stowe Reporter Readers' Choice

  Stowe Reporter and News & Citizen's joint readers'-choice program, branded the 4393 Awards for Mount Mansfield's 4,393-foot summit, now in its 8th year. The 2025 edition ran as a "Readers' Choice 2025 Greater Mt. Mansfield Area" supplement covering Stowe, Morrisville, and Hyde Park businesses.

• Style Weekly Best of Richmond

  Style Weekly's annual Best of Richmond Readers Poll, the Richmond alt-weekly's readers-choice program under Post Media, published at styleweekly.com/best-of-richmond-readers-poll-2026/. The 2026 cycle's issue is confirmed published June 9, 2026; categories, the voting window, and any cap aren't documented elsewhere, so check the live page each cycle.

• Sun Journal Athlete of the Week

  The free public fan-vote poll run by the Lewiston Sun Journal (Maine Trust for Local News) recognising standout high school performances across Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties. A distinct, independently organised ballot from Maine's other statewide and regional athlete-of-the-week polls, running fall, winter, and spring with a new nominee pool and a published winner each week of the season.

• Sun-Sentinel South Florida Favorites

  Inaugural Sun-Sentinel readers-choice awards covering Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties, with public voting at votesouthflorida.com and gold, silver, and bronze recognition per category.

• Sussex County Community's Choice Awards

  Sussex County Community's Choice Awards runs on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/sussex/, covering the Newton and Vernon areas of Sussex County, New Jersey. Confirmed mechanics are a nomination stage followed by voting rounds; category count, vote totals, and exact dates should be checked on the live page each cycle.

• Tacoma News Tribune Athlete of the Week

  The News Tribune's weekly South Sound fan vote covers every sport, all year, with nominees drawn from Tacoma, Pierce County, and surrounding communities — and closes Wednesday at noon, not Sunday, which changes the whole campaign.

• TALK Greenville Top Pet Contest

  TALK Greenville Magazine's annual pet-popularity vote for Upstate South Carolina, run online at talkgreenville.com and sponsored by Evergreen Animal Chiropractic and Wag 'n' Wash. The 2026 cycle is the program's fourth annual run; owners enter a pet and readers vote, with exact rules confirmed on the live site each cycle.

• Tallahassee Community's Choice Awards

  Tallahassee Democrat's Community's Choice Awards runs on Gannett's shared contest platform at tallahassee.gannettcontests.com, a separate program from Best of Tallahassee's own long-running poll under a different publisher. Four confirmed editions span 2023 through 2026, with the 2026 window opening June 16 and closing July 1. No category roster or per-voter cap survives past that window in what's published; both need confirming on the live ballot each cycle.

• Tampa Bay Flag Football Player of the Week

  Weekly in-season High School on SI / SBLive fan poll for Tampa Bay girls flag football standouts, with confirmed 2025 ballot cycles but no named Tampa Bay weekly winners in the facts file.

• Tampa Bay High School Football Player of the Week

  Weekly regional fan-vote poll by High School on SI covering Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando county prep football each fall. Closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than the Dallas regional ballot — on a ballot that mixes Hillsborough County public powers with Tampa private schools and outlying Pasco and Hernando programs.

• Tastiest Cheeseburger in Central Minnesota

  Tastiest Cheeseburger in Central Minnesota is Mix 94.9's (KMXK) annual single-dish food vote at mix949.com. Five separate editions are confirmed, 2021 through 2025, every one tied to September. Beyond that, the page names no category list and no daily vote cap; as always, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Tatum & Atkinson Scholar Athlete of the Week

  WXLV ABC 45 Greensboro runs Tatum & Atkinson Scholar Athlete of the Week at abc45.com, a Piedmont Triad high-school recognition segment tied to the station's Friday Night Rivals sports coverage. The current cycle's nomination window is confirmed open August through December 2026, the program's second confirmed cycle after 2025. Which categories apply, what ceiling each voter faces and when a voting stage might open are all left unstated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Taunton Daily Gazette Boys Athlete of the Week

  The Taunton Daily Gazette (Gannett)'s weekly fan-vote poll for the standout boys high school performance across Taunton, Berkley, Dighton, Rehoboth, and the Bristol Aggie coverage area, hosted via a Yahoo Sports/Gannett embedded widget, opening weekly and closing Monday at noon, run separately from the paper's girls poll.

• Tennessean Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at tennessean.com presented by Ponce Law, honouring the top Nashville-metro and Middle Tennessee high school prep athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account required. Run by The Tennessean (Gannett / USA TODAY Network).

• Tennessean Top Pet Photo Contest

  Nashville, Tennessee's The Tennessean runs the Top Pet Photo Contest on the Second Street voting platform at tennessean.gannettcontests.com. Two confirmed editions have run, 2024 and 2025; the 2025 edition had owners submit a pet photo, then let the public vote, open January 7 through April 1, 2025, with an earlier edition dated from February 24, 2024. Whether entries are grouped by species and what caps a single supporter's votes stays off the page outside those dates; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Tennessee High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan-vote recognition published at si.com by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports), covering every TSSAA member school across all three Tennessee prep sports seasons. Voting is unlimited, free, and open through Sunday 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time each week.

• Tennessee High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Statewide fan-vote recognition for Tennessee's top prep baseball performer, published at si.com by High School on SI (SBLive Sports / Arena Group) in partnership with The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) and The Tennessean (Nashville), both Gannett USA TODAY Network dailies, during the TSSAA spring season.

• Tennessee High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  A season-end fan vote run by High School on SI (SBLive Sports) at si.com/high-school/tennessee, separate from TSSAA's own Mr. Basketball award. Readers pick the standout boys hoops performer once the winter TSSAA tournament wraps in March: free, unlimited human votes, no account needed, open statewide regardless of classification.

• Tennessee High School Football Player of the Week

  The SBLive / High School on SI statewide fan vote for the top Tennessee prep football performance of the week. SBLive staff hand-pick 8–10 nominees from all classifications; anyone can vote at si.com with no account required, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — putting Division I power programs and tiny Division II independents on the same list.

• Tennessee High School Football Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote run by High School on SI / SBLive Sports at si.com, crowning one football standout after the TSSAA season ends. The weekly Player of the Week ballot that runs August through November feeds nominees into this single season-closing poll, free to vote with no account required.

• Tennessee High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Free season-end fan vote from High School on SI (SBLive Sports) at si.com/high-school/tennessee, crowning Tennessee's top girls basketball performer once the TSSAA winter tournament closes in March. It runs parallel to TSSAA's own Miss Basketball honor, decided separately by a media and coaches panel. No account needed; voting is unlimited until the ballot closes.

• Tennessee High School Player of the Year

  Annual statewide end-of-season fan-vote award recognising Tennessee's top prep athletes across TSSAA sports, published at si.com by High School on SI / SBLive Sports. Readers across all three grand divisions vote to crown a Player of the Year in each sport at season's end — unlimited free votes, no account required.

• Tennessee High School Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote from High School on SI (SBLive Sports) at si.com/high-school/tennessee, recognizing one standout Tennessee prep soccer player after that season's TSSAA schedule wraps. Free to vote, no account needed; the nominee field, any cap, and the close date are set fresh each year on the live poll page.

• Tennessee High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan vote run by High School on SI / SBLive Sports at si.com, crowning one softball standout after the TSSAA spring season ends. Unlike football, softball has no dedicated weekly ballot in Tennessee — nominees are pulled from the general Athlete of the Week poll before this season-closing field opens, free to vote with no account required.

• Texarkana Gazette Readers' Choice

  The Texarkana Gazette's Readers' Choice awards, voted online at texarkanagazette.com/readerschoice, are the only Arkansas-linked readers' choice ballot confirmed to cross a state line. The program draws from both Miller County, Arkansas and Bowie County, Texas, letting cross-border businesses compete for votes across a shared Texarkana metro of roughly 100,000 people.

• Texas High School Athlete of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive statewide multi-sport fan vote that runs year-round in Texas — basketball, wrestling, softball, soccer, golf, and more, all on one rotating ballot. The rules shift with the calendar: unlimited voting in winter, one vote per six hours in spring, and the poll closes Tuesday during early fall but Sunday the rest of the year.

• Texas High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Statewide fan-voted Baseball Player of the Year recognition for Texas prep pitchers and position players, run by VYPE Media (Houston, DFW, San Antonio regional editions) and High School on SI Texas. Covers UIL 6A-1A public and TAPPS private school programmes each spring; polls run at vype.com with no account required and are determined entirely by fan vote totals.

• Texas High School Boys Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual spring-season fan-voted Boys Soccer Player of the Year recognition run by VYPE Media at vype.com across separate Houston, DFW, and San Antonio regional polls. Covers UIL public and TAPPS private school programmes; nominees curated by VYPE editors; free vote, no account needed.

• Texas High School Football Defensive Player of the Week

  High School on SI / SBLive runs the statewide Texas Defensive Player of the Week fan vote at si.com each fall, with SI editors nominating standout defensive performers from across UIL and TAPPS. The ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than the DFW regional polls — and routinely fields 15 nominees drawn from 6A Houston powers and single-digit-enrollment 6-man programs in the same bracket.

• Texas High School Football Offensive Player of the Week

  The only Texas SI prep-football poll that closes Sunday — not Monday. High School on SI (SBLive) picks nominees statewide across all UIL conferences and TAPPS; fans vote unlimited times with no account until 11:59 p.m. Pacific each Sunday, while the four regional Texas ballots stay open another full day.

• Texas High School Girls Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual spring-season fan poll at vype.com recognising the top girls soccer player across Texas prep programmes. VYPE Media runs separate Houston (public and private), DFW, and San Antonio editions; no account needed, winners decided by fan vote totals alone, polls closing Thursday 11:59 pm CT.

• Texas High School Player of the Year

  Statewide fan-voted Player of the Year recognition for Texas prep athletes, run by VYPE Media (regional editions: Houston, DFW, Austin, San Antonio) and High School on SI. Covers UIL 6A–1A public and TAPPS private school programmes; polls run seasonally at vype.com and si.com with no account required.

• Texas High School Softball Player of the Year

  Statewide fan-voted Softball Player of the Year for Texas girls' prep programmes, run by VYPE Media (Houston, DFW, Austin, San Antonio editions) and High School on SI Texas. UIL 6A–1A and TAPPS divisions; polls live at vype.com each UIL spring softball season; free, no account required.

• Texas High School Volleyball Player of the Year

  Statewide girls' volleyball Player of the Year fan poll hosted at si.com/high-school/texas by High School on SI (SBLive Sports / USA TODAY Network), open annually after the UIL fall season; 25 nominees, free vote with no account required, totals decide the winner.

• Texas High School Wrestler of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote poll for Texas prep wrestling's best boys and girls performers, run by High School on SI / SBLive Texas at si.com/high-school/texas. Covers UIL 6A–1A and TFA programmes; polls have drawn 81,000-plus votes; winners decided entirely by public fan ballot, free, no account required.

• TexasHSFootball.com Best Cheerleader Squad Fan Vote

  TexasHSFootball.com runs the Best Cheerleader Squad Final 4, a statewide Texas fan vote that narrows an open call for high-school cheerleading squads down to a champion. Squads are nominated for the title of Official Cheerleader Squad of Texas HS Football, then voted through an Elite 8 round; TexasHSFootball.com has posted editions in 2023, 2024 and 2026, with a nomination round noted November 30. No single city anchors this ballot, since TexasHSFootball.com runs it as one statewide vote rather than a market-by-market series. A category roster and a per-supporter vote limit are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• TexasHSFootball.com Fan Vote: Best Band in Texas

  For The Best Band In Texas is TexasHSFootball.com's statewide vote for the state's top high school marching band, run each September at texashsfootball.com. The open vote narrows to a top 8, seeded into a head-to-head bracket, with the winner named the Official Band of Texas HS Football. Exact dates, a category list, and any vote cap: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Arizona Pet Project Calendar Contest

  The Arizona Pet Project built its Arizona Pet Project Calendar Contest with GoGo Photo Contest, live at gogophotocontest.com/theazpp2026. Two confirmed editions cover 2025 and 2026, with the dated 2025 voting period running March 29 through May 17. The top 13 vote-getters win a spot in the printed calendar, and the single leading entry wins the cover photo. Category rules and a vote limit stay unpublished; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Astorian Coast Weekend Photo Contest

  The Astorian runs the Coast Weekend Photo Contest, a public photo ballot for Astoria, Oregon, on Second Street at eopubco.secondstreetapp.com. Seven confirmed editions span 2018 through 2024, and the latest window opened December 18 and closed January 13. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Barky Bunch Rescue Calendar Contest

  Barky Bunch Rescue, based in Oregon City, Oregon, runs its Calendar Contest at gogophotocontest.com/barkybunchrescue on the GoGo Photo Contest platform. Two confirmed editions cover 2024 and 2025; the 2025 round opened 8:00 AM Eastern on Friday, October 11, 2024, and closed at 11:59:59 PM Eastern on Friday, November 1, 2024. Each vote is a $1, tax-deductible donation with a $5 minimum, spent to place a dog's photo as Pet of the Month or Cover Pup; the rest is confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Bend Magazine Local's List

  The Bend Magazine's annual Local's List, an online readers' poll at thebendmag.com/locals-list/ covering local businesses, restaurants, and people across Central Oregon, a structure distinct from Bend Magazine's separate four-category Readers' Choice Awards, with winners published in the July print issue rather than on a live results page.

• The Bulletin Best of Bend Community Choice Awards

  Bend, Oregon's 2026 CCA Best of Bend runs through The Bulletin, the city's daily newspaper covering Central Oregon, on Second Street at bulletin.secondstreetapp.com. Archived evidence shows two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026, the most recent closing July 11 after opening April 13, 2026. A category breakdown and any per-voter limit are unpublished for this ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The City's Best — Best of New York City

  Annual reader-choice awards for Manhattan businesses and services, run by Schneps Media through publications including The Villager, Gay City News, and Downtown Express. Nominations run January through late March, voting opens May 19 and closes August 21, with one vote per person per category per day; winners are published in a special guide.

• The Daily News Gridiron Fan Picks

  The Daily News, covering Montcalm County and Ionia County, Michigan, runs Gridiron Fan Picks on the Second Street platform at thedailynews2.secondstreetapp.com. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2025 and 2026, with the second of those two windows running August 22 through November 6. Past that window, what the ballot actually allows for categories or a vote limit is what the live page itself settles, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• The Day's Best of the Best

  The Day's annual Best of the Best readers-choice awards, honoring people, places, and businesses along the Connecticut shoreline. Southeastern Connecticut's main daily paper, publishing since 1881, runs the 2026 cycle at theday.com/bestof; confirm categories, dates, and rules on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Dominion Post Readers' Choice

  The Dominion Post's annual readers' choice awards for Morgantown, voted at dominionpost.com/readerschoice/ and confirmed active for the 2026 cycle. The program covers the WVU-driven local market, where restaurants, bars, and salons compete alongside the everyday services a college town this size actually needs.

• The Gardner News Early Season Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  The Gardner News Early Season presents an annual public-vote award honoring Kansas girls basketball standouts, with balloting hosted on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). Nominations for this early-season honor run September through November; confirmed editions ran in 2023 and 2025. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Herald Best of Dubois County

  Jasper, Indiana's Best of Dubois County is The Herald's Second Street ballot, running under its own dated listing for five confirmed years so far (2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025). Voting for the 2025 edition ran June 28 through July 20, 2025. The page names no categories and states no per-voter cap; confirm on the live ballot each cycle before assuming either one.

• The Jersey Shore's Best Sweet Shop

  WJLK's My Beach Radio runs The Jersey Shore's Best Sweet Shop at mybeachradio.com, asking readers across the Jersey Shore to vote a favorite shop into its Valentine's-themed Cupid Club. Archived pages show this vote running every year from 2021 through 2025, and the station's own page states that voting happens exclusively through its mobile app rather than a separate ballot form. Exact opening and closing dates for the current cycle, along with any per-voter limit, are not published on the page itself, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle before assuming either one.

• The Maine Mag Food & Drink Readers' Choice

  The Maine Mag's inaugural Food & Drink Readers' Choice, voted at themainemag.com, drew nearly 7,000 participating readers who submitted tens of thousands of nominations across restaurants, bars, cafes, and other food and drink businesses statewide, before the top five nominees per category moved to a final public vote.

• The Missourian Readers' Choice Awards

  The Missourian's annual Readers' Choice Awards for Washington and Franklin County, Missouri, voted at missourian.com, with a confirmed Best Nurse category alongside broader local-business categories for the 2025 cycle. Not the Columbia Missourian or Southeast Missourian program, both separate operations covered elsewhere on this site.

• The News-Review Readers' Choice Awards

  The News-Review's annual reader ballot for Roseburg and Douglas County, covering local business categories from timber country to the Umpqua Valley. One SecondStreet ballot, one paper, no second Douglas County outlet running a rival vote.

• The Oklahoman Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at oklahoman.com, published by The Oklahoman (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), spotlighting the top OKC-metro and central Oklahoma prep athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account needed; voting runs through Thursday or Friday each week.

• The Oklahoman Community's Choice Awards

  The Oklahoman's Gannett-run Community's Choice Awards for Oklahoma City metro businesses, voted at oklahoman.gannettcontests.com rather than the yourchoiceawards.com domain other Gannett markets use, across five confirmed 2025 category groups: health, dining, home, auto, and education, run separately from Oklahoma Gazette's Best of OKC.

• The Old Colony Memorial Athlete of the Week

  The Old Colony Memorial Athlete of the Week is a weekly public vote for Massachusetts high school athletes. The Old Colony Memorial runs the program, which is hosted on the Crowdsignal platform. The voting window runs from September to June, but the exact dates are not published. The program is open to athletes from various sports and schools across Massachusetts. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Pilot Cutest Kids and Pets Contest

  The Pilot Promotions runs a North Carolina photo vote for kids and pets on the Second Street network, listed on the platform itself as CFA Cutest Kids & Pets 2025 at pilot.secondstreetapp.com. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2023 and 2025, and the most recent ran January 2 through January 24, 2025, already closed. No published roster of categories and no daily-vote rule exist on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Pilot Star of the Year

  Unlike Best of North Carolina, run by a different organizer, The Pilot Star of the Year is Southern Pines' own ballot, hosted on Second Street at pilot.secondstreetapp.com through The Pilot Promotions. The program has run twice so far, in 2025 and again in 2026 as Star of the Year '26, with voting held May 23 through May 29, 2026. That window has closed; categories and a vote limit stay unlisted, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Pitch's Best of KC

  The Pitch KC's annual Best of KC readers-choice program, run through a nomination round followed by public voting at vote.thepitchkc.com, a subdomain separate from the magazine's main site. The 2025 cycle logged 2,421 nominations and 407,793 votes, and the 2026 nomination round is open now.

• The Press of Atlantic City Readers' Choice

  The Press of Atlantic City runs an online Readers' Choice ballot covering Atlantic and Cape May counties, the shore region that includes Atlantic City itself and the summer resort towns around it. The paper's own site hosts the ballot, and turnout here tracks the region's sharp seasonal swing between year-round residents and summer crowds.

• The Real House Pets of Colorado Calendar Contest

  Colorado Pet Pantry built The Real House Pets of Colorado Calendar Contest on GoGo Photo Contest's system, found at gogophotocontest.com/coloradopetpantry. The confirmed 2026 voting window ran May 6 through May 28, alongside a separate May 18-25 entry period and a June 5 deadline for winners to claim their prize. An entry with at least 100 votes by that May 28 close earned a bonus drawing for a pair of tickets. Category rules and a vote limit stay unpublished; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Real Housepets of Rhode Island Pet Calendar Contest

  The East Greenwich Animal Protection League runs The Real Housepets of Rhode Island Pet Calendar Contest, a photo fundraiser called Heart of RI hosted on the GoGo Photo Contest platform at gogophotocontest.com/heartofri. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2025 and 2026, with the organizer's most recently confirmed voting activity falling in October. The organizer's own page states that the 12 photos collecting the most votes earn a spot in the following year's Heart of RI calendar. A ballot category list and any per-supporter vote limit are not published beyond that; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Ruthies Community's Choice Awards (Daily News Journal)

  Unlike CommunityVotes Chattanooga's network-run ballot, The Ruthies Community's Choice Awards is organized by the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal on the Second Street platform at dnj.gannettcontests.com, with its own separate address for nominating, voting and reading winners each year. Four editions are confirmed so far, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 voting ballot opened July 17 and closed August 1, a window that has already run its course for this cycle. No published roster of categories and no daily-vote rule exist on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Sizzle Awards (Williamson County)

  Annual FranklinIs readers-choice business awards for Williamson County, Tennessee, with a February nomination round, a public online ballot, and a charity-benefit gala celebrating local favorites in Franklin, Brentwood, and beyond.

• The Telegraph Riverbend and Madison County Best of the Best

  The Telegraph runs the Riverbend and Madison County Best of the Best for Alton, Illinois, a readers'-choice ballot hosted at telegraph.secondstreetapp.com. Five confirmed editions back the program, 2022 through 2026, and the current window is scheduled to open September 10 and run through October 29, 2026. That page names no category roster and sets no per-voter ceiling; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• The Vindicator Readers' Choice

  The Vindicator's Youngstown-area readers-choice program runs at vindy.com through three stages: open nominations, a first round that narrows each category to five finalists, and a final round that narrows to three, spanning Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties in Ohio plus Mercer County just across the Pennsylvania line.

• THV11 Athlete of the Week (Arkansas)

  THV11 (KTHV), Little Rock's CBS affiliate, runs a High School Sports hub at thv11.com/hss and an active voting platform at thv11.com/vote, alongside a separate dedicated High School Football section. Coverage centers on the Central Arkansas market: Little Rock, Conway, Bryant, and Benton.

• Tifton Gazette Best of Tifton

  The Tifton Gazette runs Best of Tifton for Tifton, Georgia on Second Street at thetiftongazette.secondstreetapp.com. Four confirmed editions run 2023 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot opened January 22 and closed March 13. No category roster or vote cap is published past that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Times Argus Best of the Best

  Annual Barre Montpelier Times Argus readers-choice awards for Washington County, Vermont businesses, run on the SecondStreet ballot platform across 80-plus categories, with the 2025 cycle voting April 16 through May 14.

• Titans Fireball Fridays Game of the Week

  Four Middle Tennessee games nominated each week. Fans vote for the matchup they want the Titans crew to attend Friday night, and the winning school takes home a $1,000 grant.

• Top of the Town

  5280 Magazine runs Top of the Town, its annual Denver readers-choice program, with public voting at 5280scene.com across the city's consumer business categories. Winners are celebrated each July at an in-person event, separate from the magazine's peer-nominated Top Doctors and Top Lawyers lists.

• Topeka Capital-Journal Athlete of the Week

  Weekly free fan vote run by the Topeka Capital-Journal (Gannett/USA Today Network) covering Topeka-area KSHSAA schools across every sport and season. Nominations go to [email protected]; the ballot runs on cjonline.com and closes Thursday at noon. No account or sign-up is needed to cast a vote.

• Topeka Capital-Journal High School Athlete of the Week

  The Topeka Capital-Journal's weekly multi-sport fan vote covering the Topeka metro area — any KSHSAA sport, any season, closes midday Thursday or Friday depending on the week. Coaches and parents submit to reporter Liam Keating; readers vote free via an embedded Gannett poll widget at cjonline.com.

• Topeka Community's Choice Awards

  Two separate Topeka readers-choice programs share a "Community's Choice" name each year: the Topeka Capital-Journal's Gannett-run ballot, which sorts winners into five tiers from Platinum to Top Pick, and the unrelated CommunityVotes Topeka business ballot, run by a different organizer with its own site and its own schedule.

• Treasure Coast Community's Choice Awards

  TCPalm.com organizes the Treasure Coast Community's Choice Awards on the Second Street platform, now four confirmed editions deep, spanning 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 voting window, confirmed at tcpalm.gannettcontests.com, ran May 15 through May 30 and has since closed. A separate nominations page and a separate winners page exist alongside the ballot itself for recent years, though no category roster or per-voter limit accompanies any of them; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Treasure Valley High School Baseball Player of the Week

  The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra fan vote for the top prep baseball performance in Treasure Valley each week. Coaches nominate players, anyone can vote with no registration, and the poll closes at noon Wednesday — a mid-week deadline that catches most casual followers off guard.

• Treasure Valley High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra weekly fan vote for standout boys basketball performances across Ada, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties. Coaches and reporters nominate; anyone can vote as many times as they like; the poll closes Wednesday at noon.

• Treasure Valley High School Football Player of the Week

  The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra weekly fan vote for the best prep football performance across Ada, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties. Coaches submit stats, the editors nominate, anyone can vote unlimited times, and the ballot closes Thursday at noon — not Sunday, not Monday.

• Treasure Valley High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

  The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra weekly fan vote recognizing the top Treasure Valley prep girls basketball performer. Anyone can vote unlimited times on IdahoStatesman.com — no account needed — and the ballot closes at noon Wednesday, a midweek deadline that catches most supporters off guard.

• Treasure Valley High School Soccer Players of the Week

  The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra fan vote for the best Treasure Valley prep soccer performances each week — covering both boys and girls in a single combined poll, closing noon Thursday, with no registration required and no cap on how many times you can vote.

• Treasure Valley High School Softball Player of the Week

  The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra spring fan vote for Treasure Valley's top prep softball performer. Coaches submit nominations, anyone can vote unlimited times on IdahoStatesman.com — no account needed — and the poll closes noon Wednesday, earlier than any other Treasure Valley weekly ballot.

• Treasure Valley High School Volleyball Player of the Week

  The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra fan vote for the best Treasure Valley prep volleyball performance of the week. Coaches and Statesman staff nominate; anyone can vote unlimited times at IdahoStatesman.com with no account — and the ballot closes noon Thursday, not Sunday night.

• Tri-Cities Best

  The Tri-City Herald's relaunched People's Choice readers-choice program covering Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco in southeastern Washington, voted at tri-citiesbest.com, with category lists and close dates confirmed only on the live site each cycle.

• Tri-State's Best Community's Choice Awards (The Herald-Mail)

  The Herald-Mail's Tri-State's Best Community's Choice Awards is a Second Street readers'-choice ballot hosted at heraldmailmedia.gannettcontests.com, now four confirmed editions deep since 2023. The Herald-Mail runs the program for Maryland; nothing published narrows its coverage to one city or county inside the state. The most recent voting window ran August 3 through August 18, 2026, and has since closed. No published roster of categories and no daily-vote rule exist on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• TribLIVE Best of the Best — Allegheny East

  TribLIVE's Best of the Best ballot for the Allegheny East region, a three-stage nominate, finalist-ballot, public-vote program across more than 130 categories covering Downtown Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, Oakland, and the Strip District.

• TribLIVE Best of the Best Allegheny North

  Tribune-Review runs TribLIVE Best of the Best Allegheny North on the Second Street platform at tribweb.secondstreetapp.com. Three confirmed editions back the ballot, 2023 through 2025, with the most recent window open July 20 through October 6, 2025, and a next edition expected in 2026. A category roster and any per-voter limit go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• TribLIVE Best of the Best Allegheny Southwest

  Unlike Pennsylvania's magazine-run readers' polls, TribLIVE Best of the Best Allegheny Southwest sits entirely on Tribune-Review's Second Street account at tribweb.secondstreetapp.com. 2023, 2024 and 2025 each brought a confirmed edition, and the 2025 window closed October 6 after opening July 20. No category roster or per-voter limit is printed; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Tribune-Review Best of the Best Westmoreland

  Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania's regional Best of the Best ballot is one of four Tribune-Review runs each fall across its Pittsburgh-area TribLIVE network, alongside Allegheny East, Allegheny North and Allegheny Southwest. Hosted on Second Street's tribweb.secondstreetapp.com platform, Westmoreland's 2026 voting round is open through October 5, and the program traces seven confirmed editions back to 2020. What categories the ballot covers and whatever cap applies to a single voter go unpublished on that page itself; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Tribune-Star Readers' Choice

  Tribune-Star runs its Trib Star Readers' Choice ballot for Terre Haute, Indiana on Second Street at tribune-star.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions run 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 ballot opening February 4 and closing March 16. A category list and vote cap stay unpublished past that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Tribune-Star Readers' Choice

  The Terre Haute Tribune-Star's Readers' Choice awards cover Wabash Valley businesses through an online ballot hosted directly at tribstar.com. Nominations were confirmed open at the time of writing, though the paper doesn't publish a fixed vote cap, exact close date, or full category list. Confirm current specifics on tribstar.com before building a campaign.

• Tulsa World All-World Baseball Player of the Year

  Tulsa World names a Baseball Player of the Year each year inside its All-World Awards program, one of five spring sports (golf, soccer, tennis, and track share the same cycle) nominated in May. The fan vote runs at OkPrepsExtra.com from June 2 through June 13, free, with no account required.

• Tulsa World All-World Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Tulsa World names a Boys Basketball Player of the Year each winter as one category inside its All-World Awards, all of it capped by a single June ceremony at ONEOK Field alongside football, baseball, and every other sport the program covers. The sports desk sets the finalist field; OkPrepsExtra.com carries the fan vote.

• Tulsa World All-World Football Player of the Year

  Tulsa World's All-World Awards name a Football Player of the Year each season, capped by a June ceremony at ONEOK Field — the 9th annual in 2025. The confirmed 2025-26 Offensive finalist field spans five schools: Wagoner, Owasso, Muskogee, Jenks, and Regent Prep. Fans weigh in at OkPrepsExtra.com.

• Tulsa World All-World Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  One of thirteen sport categories inside Tulsa World's All-World Awards, the Girls Basketball Player of the Year is named by the sports desk once the OSSAA winter season wraps, then opened to a fan vote at OkPrepsExtra.com. Every category, girls basketball included, converges on the same June night at ONEOK Field.

• Tulsa World Bill Knight Automotive HS Football Player of the Week

  The Tulsa World / OkPrepsExtra reader fan vote for the standout northeast Oklahoma prep football performance of the week. Editors nominate, anyone can vote at OkPrepsExtra.com with no account, and the ballot closes at 3 p.m. Tuesday CT — a Tuesday close that sets this apart from every Sunday-deadline football poll in the country. Winning earns the "Fan Choice" label; the World's editors separately name their own "World's Choice" pick the same day.

• Tuscaloosa Community Choice Awards

  The Tuscaloosa News' annual Your Choice Awards program, run under Gannett, recognizes 390+ local businesses each year through voting at yourchoiceawards.com/tuscaloosa, with the 2025 winners confirmed through the paper's own Facebook page.

• Twin Cities Business Best of Business

  Twin Cities Business magazine's annual Best of Business awards, voted online at tcbmag.com/votebestbiz across B2B categories serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro, with Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers recognizing 100+ winners and results revealed in person each June at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis.

• Twin Cities Parade of Homes People's Choice

  Housing First Minnesota runs the Twin Cities Parade of Homes, the largest Parade of Homes in the US, twice yearly each spring and fall. The 2025 edition, the 77th annual run, featured 364 homes. A People's Choice vote runs alongside the juried Reggie Awards; Robert Thomas Homes ranked a top-25 builder for 12 straight cycles.

• Union Leader Readers' Choice

  The New Hampshire Union Leader's own readers-choice ballot, roughly 180 categories on the SecondStreet platform, centered on Manchester and reaching statewide.

• Utah High School Athlete of the Week

  Free statewide weekly fan-vote poll on High School on SI (si.com/high-school/utah), recognising the top UHSAA prep athlete across all six classifications each week of the Utah high school sports calendar. No account required. Run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group).

• Utah High School Softball Player of the Year

  Free statewide fan-vote polls on High School on SI (si.com/high-school/utah), crowning Utah's top prep softball hitter, pitcher, and breakout freshman each spring UHSAA season. No account required. Run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group).

• Utah Valley Parade of Homes People's Choice

  The Utah Valley Parade of Homes People's Choice award uses ticket-code voting at uvparade.com for its Provo-area home tour. The 2026 tour ran June 4-20, with voting confirmed open through July 18, a program the organizer explicitly separates from Salt Lake's own Parade of Homes.

• VarsityWA Basketball Athlete of the Week

  VarsityWA's weekly reader poll on the independent Substack publication varsitywanews.com, run by Todd Milles. Ten nominees per week — boys and girls on the same ballot, all WIAA classifications together — unlimited votes with a Friday noon close, running December through early March during the Washington basketball season.

• VarsityWA Football Athlete of the Week

  VarsityWA's weekly reader poll on the independent Substack publication varsitywanews.com, run by Todd Milles. Ten nominees per week, all WIAA classifications together, unlimited votes — and a Friday noon close that makes it the fastest-turning weekly football poll in Washington state.

• Ventura Community's Choice Awards

  Ventura County's entry in the USA TODAY Network's Your Choice Awards franchise, run by Gannett at yourchoiceawards.com/ventura/ through a nomination round followed by a public vote, with 2025 winners already confirmed announced, part of a network that runs equivalent ballots across dozens of other U.S. markets.

• Vermont Best of Weddings

  Vermont Weddings Magazine's annual reader-vote awards for the state's wedding-vendor industry, with one confirmed category, Party Animals, alongside others, and a strong commercial pull since vendors treat a win as ongoing marketing.

• Vermont Builders & Remodelers Association Parade of Homes

  VBRA's people's choice vote for the Burlington-metro Parade of Homes, covering new-construction and remodeling entries across Chittenden County at bhavermont.com/voting, with vote counts and exact dates set by the association each cycle.

• Vermont High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental of Vermont, recognising the top Vermont high school athlete each sports season across all VPA-member schools. No vote limit per voter. Run by the Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network).

• Vermont High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season reader vote at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental of Vermont, crowning the statewide breakout prep player per sport across all four VPA divisions. Unlimited votes, no account required. Run by the Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett).

• Vermont High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-spring-season reader ballot at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental of Vermont, recognising the statewide breakout Vermont high school softball player. Unlimited votes, no account required. Run by the Burlington Free Press / Vermont Varsity Insider (USA TODAY Network / Gannett).

• Vermont Softball Breakout Player of the Year

  Fan-decided spring softball honor from the Burlington Free Press / Vermont Varsity Insider, powered by Delta Dental. Public ballot spotlights 13 girls-softball athletes across all four VPA divisions statewide, framed around a "breakout" performance rather than a season-long resume. 2026 window confirmed May 21-27.

• Vermont Varsity Insider Boys Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan vote at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental, crowning one standout boys athlete from Vermont's VPA Divisions I-IV — a ballot run fully separate from the girls poll. Confirmed voting windows in the 2025-26 season cover January, February, and May-June. No account needed.

• Vermont Varsity Insider Boys Athlete of the Week (Fall Football)

  Free weekly fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, narrowed to the fall VPA football season across Divisions I through IV. St. Johnsbury, Burlington, Essex, and Middlebury are recurring names on the fall ballot. No account needed to vote.

• Vermont Varsity Insider Boys Athlete of the Week (Spring)

  Free spring-specific fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, pulling nominees mainly from VPA track and field and lacrosse across Divisions I-IV. The most recently confirmed voting window ran May 26 through June 1, 2025. No account needed to vote at burlingtonfreepress.com.

• Vermont Varsity Insider Girls Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan vote at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental, crowning one standout girls athlete from Vermont's VPA Divisions I-IV; run as a fully separate ballot from the boys poll, a split confirmed by distinct Yahoo Sports syndication links. Confirmed 2025-26 windows: January, February, May-June. No account needed, no vote cap.

• Vermont Varsity Insider Girls Athlete of the Week (Fall)

  Free weekly fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, narrowed to fall girls sports across VPA Divisions I-IV. Field hockey drives most of the fall ballot, with girls soccer close behind. Burlington, South Burlington, Essex, Middlebury, and Bellows Falls are recurring nominee schools. No account needed to vote.

• Vermont Varsity Insider Girls Athlete of the Week (Spring)

  Free spring-specific fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, run as a separate ballot from the boys spring poll. Softball pitchers and track sprinters from Burlington and South Burlington are the most frequent nominees across VPA Divisions I-IV. No account needed to vote at burlingtonfreepress.com.

• Vermont Varsity Insider Girls Athlete of the Week (Winter)

  Free winter fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, narrowed to VPA girls basketball with skiing as the secondary feeder sport. Confirmed 2026 windows ran January 19–22 and February 23–26, both Monday-to-Thursday. Rice Memorial, Champlain Valley Union, and St. Johnsbury Academy are recurring nominee schools. No account needed to vote.

• Victoria Advocate Best of the Best

  Victoria, Texas's Best of the Best runs at vicad.secondstreetapp.com, hosted by the Victoria Advocate on the Second Street platform. Two confirmed editions carry the ballot so far, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 window running January 12 through March 9 and now closed. The Advocate folds nominating and voting into one combined ballot type instead of splitting them into separate stages, and how many categories run or how often a single supporter may vote goes unstated on that page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• Viewers Choice Awards 2026

  41NBC, the Macon, Georgia station known on air as WMGT, runs Viewers Choice Awards on the Second Street platform at 41nbc.secondstreetapp.com. Seven confirmed editions have run since 2019, and the 2026 edition's own window, per the platform's listing, ran December 29, 2025 through March 2, 2026, now closed. The same account separately hosts an unrelated scholarship ballot and several sweepstakes drawings that carry no connection to Viewers Choice Awards voting.

• Virginia High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan poll at timesdispatch.com, run by the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Lee Enterprises), recognising standout Virginia prep athletes across all three VHSL sports seasons. Readers vote for nominees drawn from schools statewide — one vote per device per hour, no account required.

• Virginia High School Baseball Player of the Week

  Weekly fan vote from High School on SI (formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia, naming the Virginia High School Baseball Player of the Week every week from February through May. Free to vote, no account needed. Exact close day and any vote cap aren't published in advance. Check the live article each week.

• Virginia High School Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual season-end fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia, recognising the top VHSL baseball player statewide. Editors nominate candidates from all six VHSL classifications; fans vote with no per-vote cap until the stated deadline at the end of the spring season.

• Virginia High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

  Weekly fan vote from High School on SI (si.com/high-school/virginia, formerly SBLive Sports), naming a Virginia boys basketball Player of the Week throughout the VHSL season, November through March. SI's Virginia staff sets a new nominee field each week; fans vote free, no account required, and neither cap nor close time is published in advance.

• Virginia High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia, naming Virginia's top VHSL boys basketball player once the postseason ends. SI's Virginia staff compiles the field; fans vote free through the embedded widget, no account required. Exact dates and any vote limit are not published in advance; confirm both on the live article each cycle.

• Virginia High School Football Player of the Week (Roanoke Times / Timesland)

  The Roanoke Times runs SW Virginia's weekly reader-vote poll for high school football Player of the Week during the regular season, covering the Timesland area — Roanoke, Salem, Bedford, Pulaski County, Craig County, Botetourt, Alleghany, and surrounding Blue Ridge communities. The ballot closes Tuesday at noon, and a reader's majority — Brody Dawyot of Glenvar won Week 3 of 2024 with exactly 50.7% — is harder to build than it sounds in a six-name field.

• Virginia High School Football Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia, naming Virginia's top VHSL football player. The programme runs two ballots: a preseason defensive Player of the Year vote confirmed for 2025, plus the traditional end-of-season vote, both with no per-vote cap and open to fans statewide.

• Virginia High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia, naming Virginia's top VHSL girls basketball player after the postseason ends in March. It runs on the same hub as the boys ballot but as its own separate vote. Free to enter, no account, no published archive of past winners.

• Virginia High School Player of the Year

  Season-end fan-vote recognition run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia, covering every VHSL sport and classification across all of Virginia. No per-vote cap; polls close at the stated deadline. Separate sport-specific polls — including football POY and baseball POY — run annually for Virginia prep athletes statewide.

• Virginia High School Softball Player of the Week

  Weekly fan vote from High School on SI (formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia, naming the Virginia High School Softball Player of the Week every week from February through May. Free to vote, no account needed. Exact close day and any vote cap aren't published in advance. Check the live article each week.

• Virginia High School Softball Player of the Year

  Season-end girls softball fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/virginia. Editors shortlist standout VHSL pitchers, catchers, and position players after the spring season; fans vote online statewide with no per-hour cap until the stated deadline. Annual, free, covers all VHSL classifications.

• Virginia High School Volleyball Player of the Year

  Annual fan vote from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) recognizing Virginia's top VHSL volleyball player each fall, published at si.com/high-school/virginia. Nominees are drawn from all six classification tiers and every VHSL region. No account or per-vote cap; the public decides once nominations open after the season ends.

• Voices of the Valley (The Valley Breeze)

  The Valley Breeze's Blackstone Valley readers' poll: 162 categories, pure nomination-then-vote, covering Cumberland, Lincoln, Woonsocket, North Smithfield, North Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls.

• Vote for Your Favorite at Blue Back Burger Bash and Support CT Foodshare

  West Hartford, Connecticut's Blue Back Burger Bash pairs a favorite-vendor vote with a fundraiser for CT Foodshare, run by West Hartford Magazine at we-ha.com and held at Blue Back Square. Archived editions show the event present in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Exact voting dates, a vote cap and eligibility rules are not published; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

• VYPE Austin Football Defensive Player of the Year

  A public VYPE Austin fan poll for Austin-area football defensive standouts, with preseason and end-of-season voting cycles.

• VYPE Austin Football Offensive Player of the Year

  A public VYPE Austin fan poll for Austin-area football offensive standouts, with preseason and end-of-season voting cycles.

• VYPE Austin Player of the Year

  Free fan-voted seasonal awards by VYPE Media for Austin and Central Texas high school athletes. Covers UIL 6A/5A/4A public schools and TAPPS private schools across Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties. Vote at vype.com, no account required.

• VYPE Austin Softball Pitcher of the Year

  A pitcher-exclusive fan poll honoring the top high school softball pitcher in the Austin metro area each preseason.

• VYPE Austin Softball Player of the Year

  Annual fan-voted award recognizing the top Austin-area high school softball player across all positions.

• VYPE Austin Volleyball Libero of the Year

  Annual VYPE Austin fan poll for the Austin-area volleyball libero and defensive-specialist ballot.

• VYPE Austin Volleyball Middle Blocker of the Year

  A middle-blocker-exclusive fan poll honoring the top net defender and quick-set attacker in Austin-area UIL volleyball.

• VYPE Austin Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

  A position-specific fan poll crowning the best outside hitter in Austin-area high school volleyball each preseason.

• VYPE Austin Volleyball Setter of the Year

  VYPE Austin Volleyball Setter of the Year is an annual Austin-area high school volleyball fan poll for setter nominees published by VYPE Austin.

• VYPE DFW Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE DFW baseball fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth high school players, with VYPE-selected nominees, public online voting, and separate public and private-school ballot history.

• VYPE DFW Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  An annual VYPE Media fan poll selecting the top public-school boys basketball player across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, with editorial nominees and a late-March deadline.

• VYPE DFW Boys Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com selecting the top male high-school soccer player in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro.

• VYPE DFW Football Defensive Player of the Year

  A Dallas-Fort Worth high school football fan poll run by VYPE DFW for public-school defensive standouts.

• VYPE DFW Football Offensive Player of the Year

  A Dallas-Fort Worth high school football fan-vote guide for VYPE DFW's public-school offensive player award.

• VYPE DFW Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  An annual VYPE Media fan poll honoring the top public-school girls basketball player in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, with editorial nominees and an end-of-season March deadline.

• VYPE DFW Girls Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com honoring the top female high-school soccer player in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro.

• VYPE DFW Private School Football Defensive Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth private-school football defensive standouts, focused on TAPPS programs and separate from VYPE's UIL public-school defensive ballot.

• VYPE DFW Private School Quarterback of the Year

  A VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth private-school quarterbacks, distinct from the UIL public-school QB award.

• VYPE DFW Quarterback of the Year

  A public VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth public-school quarterbacks, separate from the private-school QB ballot.

• VYPE DFW Softball Pitcher of the Year

  Pitcher-exclusive annual VYPE Media fan poll for the best public-school softball pitcher in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with a confirmed June 19, 2026 deadline for the active 2026 cycle.

• VYPE DFW Softball Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE Media fan poll for the top public-school softball player in Dallas-Fort Worth, open to all positions, with a confirmed 2024-25 winner and a spring closing deadline.

• VYPE DFW Thrower of the Year

  An annual VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth high school track and field throwers in shot put and discus, separate from the general track athlete award.

• VYPE DFW Track Athlete of the Year

  Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com selecting the top track-and-field athlete — sprints, distance, and jumps — from Dallas-Fort Worth high schools.

• VYPE DFW Volleyball Libero of the Year

  Annual VYPE DFW fan-vote poll for the top Dallas-Fort Worth high-school volleyball libero or defensive specialist.

• VYPE DFW Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

  Annual VYPE DFW fan-vote guide for the Dallas-Fort Worth volleyball outside hitter and middle attacker ballot.

• VYPE DFW Volleyball Setter of the Year

  Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com recognizing the top high-school volleyball setter in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

• VYPE Houston Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual Houston-metro high school baseball fan poll from VYPE Houston, with editorial nominees, public voting about every 30 minutes, and a stated 11:59 pm close.

• VYPE Houston Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Houston public-school boys basketball fan vote from VYPE Houston, with editorial nominees, 30 minute voting, and an April 3, 2026 close at 11:59 pm.

• VYPE Houston Boys Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston boys soccer fan vote for Greater Houston public school nominees, with editorial selections, free public voting, and a late April close.

• VYPE Houston Football Defensive Player of the Year

  End-of-season fan-voted award recognizing the top defensive performer from Greater Houston UIL public high school football, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each post-season with voting open to the public at no cost.

• VYPE Houston Football Offensive Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston public-school football offense fan poll for Greater Houston athletes, with VYPE-selected nominees and a public vote that closes at 11:59 pm.

• VYPE Houston Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston UIL public school girls basketball performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each winter season, with voting free and open to the public at no cost.

• VYPE Houston Girls Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston UIL public school girls soccer performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring season, with voting free and open to the public at no cost.

• VYPE Houston Girls Track Athlete of the Year

  Annual post-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston UIL public school girls track and field performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring season with free voting open to anyone.

• VYPE Houston Player of the Year

  End-of-season fan-voted Player of the Year awards by VYPE Media at vype.com, covering approximately 170 Greater Houston high school programmes across UIL 6A–4A public districts and TAPPS private schools. Multiple sports, public and private school divisions, each poll closing Thursday at 11:59 pm.

• VYPE Houston Private School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston TAPPS and SPC private school boys basketball performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring, with voting free and open to any fan.

• VYPE Houston Private School Boys Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston private-school boys soccer fan vote for TAPPS and SPC nominees, with editorial selection, free public voting, and a late April close.

• VYPE Houston Private School Football Defensive Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston fan poll for private-school football defensive standouts from the TAPPS and SPC school pool in the Greater Houston market.

• VYPE Houston Private School Football Offensive Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston private-school football offense fan poll for TAPPS and SPC athletes in the Houston market, separate from the UIL public-school ballot.

• VYPE Houston Private School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston TAPPS and SPC private school girls basketball performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring, with voting free and open to any fan.

• VYPE Houston Private School Girls Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston private school girls soccer fan vote for TAPPS and SPC nominees, with public voting and an April 23, 2026 close.

• VYPE Houston Private School Swimmer of the Year

  Annual fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston TAPPS and SPC private school swimmer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each winter season with free voting open to any fan; an editorial winners page confirms this is a real announced award.

• VYPE Houston Private School Track Athlete of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston fan-vote award for private-school girls track and field athletes from the Houston TAPPS and SPC pool.

• VYPE Houston Softball Hitter of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award honoring the top offensive performer in Greater Houston UIL public-school softball.

• VYPE Houston Softball Pitcher of the Year

  Annual VYPE Houston public-school softball pitching fan vote for Greater Houston, presented by VYPE Media / Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, with editorial nominees and fan voting.

• VYPE Houston Volleyball Libero of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award honoring the top libero/defensive specialist among Greater Houston UIL public-school volleyball programs.

• VYPE Houston Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

  Annual fan-vote award celebrating the top outside hitter among Greater Houston UIL public-school volleyball programs.

• VYPE Houston Volleyball Setter of the Year

  VYPE Houston Volleyball Setter of the Year is an annual Greater Houston public-school volleyball fan poll built around editorial nominees and online voting.

• VYPE Oklahoma Miss Basketball Fan Vote

  An annual VYPE Media Oklahoma fan poll selecting the top girls basketball player statewide, run through regional-to-statewide polls with editorial scoring — active since the 2013-14 season.

• VYPE Oklahoma Miss Softball Fan Vote

  An annual VYPE Media Oklahoma fan poll honoring the top girls softball player statewide, run through regional area polls that advance to a statewide finals ballot each fall semester.

• VYPE Oklahoma Miss Volleyball Fan Vote

  An annual VYPE Media Oklahoma fan poll honoring the top girls volleyball player statewide, running concurrent regional area polls in October that advance to a statewide finals ballot in November.

• VYPE Oklahoma Mr. Football Fan Vote

  VYPE Media Oklahoma's annual Mr. Football honor: a regional-to-statewide Fan's Choice poll blended with 40+ editorial member ballots, presented by Shelter Insurance and active since at least 2023.

• VYPE San Antonio Baseball Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio fan-vote baseball award for San Antonio-area high school players, with nominees and winners published by VYPE each cycle.

• VYPE San Antonio Boys Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio boys soccer fan vote covering SA-area UIL public school nominees, editorial selection, and a spring April close on vype.com.

• VYPE San Antonio Football Defensive Player of the Year

  Public VYPE San Antonio fan-vote award for San Antonio-area high school football defensive standouts, run annually near the end of football season.

• VYPE San Antonio Football Offensive Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio football offense fan poll for San Antonio-area athletes, with VYPE-selected nominees and a public online vote.

• VYPE San Antonio Girls Soccer Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio girls soccer fan vote for SA-area UIL high school nominees, editor-selected ballot, and a spring April close on vype.com.

• VYPE San Antonio Softball Pitcher of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio fan vote recognizing the top SA-area UIL high school softball pitcher, with an editor-selected ballot and a spring close on vype.com.

• VYPE San Antonio Softball Player of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio softball fan vote for SA-area UIL high school nominees, editorial selection, and a spring May close on vype.com covering hitters and all-around players.

• VYPE San Antonio Volleyball Libero of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio volleyball fan vote for SA-area libero and defensive-specialist nominees, with a December end-of-season window on vype.com.

• VYPE San Antonio Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio fan vote recognizing an outside hitter from the SA-area high school volleyball field on vype.com.

• VYPE San Antonio Volleyball Setter of the Year

  Annual VYPE San Antonio fan vote for SA-area high school volleyball setters, with a December voting window and editor-selected nominees on vype.com.

• WAFB Sportsline Player of the Week

  WAFB 9's weekly high school football fan vote for the Baton Rouge market, hosted on a dedicated Sportsline hub page rather than a dated article, with the winner featured in that week's sports segment on WAFB 9 (CBS).

• WAFF 48 Blitz Player of the Week

  A free weekly fan vote from WAFF 48, the Huntsville NBC station, honoring a standout North Alabama high school football performer each week of the AHSAA season. Voting happens at waff.com with no sign-up. Nominees have spanned Sand Mountain's small-school programs and Madison County's fast-growing suburban powers alike.

• WALA FOX10 First & 10 Player of the Week

  The weekly in-season high school football fan vote from WALA FOX10 (Mobile), sponsored by Rich's Car Wash, separate from the statewide SI/SBLive Alabama poll. Season winners are honored at an annual spring banquet.

• Washington City Paper Best of DC

  Washington City Paper's annual Best of DC readers' poll, run this cycle at bestof2026.washingtoncitypaper.com through a write-in ballot instead of a preset nominee list. Entry is free for voters and businesses alike, the 2025 cycle remains visible alongside the live 2026 vote, and Washington City Paper confirms 2026 winners publish July 16, 2026.

• Washington DC High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan vote run by Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/washington-dc, covering DC Public Schools, WCAC Catholic programs, and ISL independent schools across all sports. A separate DC MileSplit poll covers track and cross country specifically. No account is needed to cast a vote.

• Washington High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan-vote poll run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com, recognising standout Washington WIAA high school athletes each sports season. Free, unlimited manual votes, poll closes Sunday at 11:59 pm PT.

• Washington High School Football Player of the Week

  Washington runs two genuinely different statewide high school football fan votes: SI / High School on SI draws ~20 nominees and closes Monday 11:59 p.m. PT, while VarsityWA (Todd Milles on Substack) takes 10 nominees and closes Friday noon. Both are unlimited. The gap in deadline and field size shapes everything about how campaigns here work.

• Washington Informer's Best of The DMV

  Best of The DMV is The Washington Informer's readers-choice ballot for businesses, organizations, and individuals across Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, run at washingtoninformer.com/best-of-the-dmv/. The Inaugural 2025 cycle drew 2,000+ nominees and 15,000 votes over a September 1-October 3 window, and a 2026 cycle is confirmed. Exact 2026 dates and the category list: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Washingtonian Best of Washington

  Washingtonian magazine's Best of Washington readers' poll, hosted at washingtonian.com/tag/best-of-washington/, runs as a full, category-spanning ballot rather than the food-only format of Washingtonian's own Reader Restaurant Survey. It's a separate program from Washington City Paper's write-in Best of DC, with its own tag-page format and no published category list or vote cap yet confirmed.

• Washingtonian Reader Restaurant Survey

  Washingtonian magazine's annual Reader Restaurant Survey asks Washington DC diners to name their favorite restaurants, reaching its 48th edition in 2025 with results published that December. It runs separately from Washingtonian's editorially judged 100 Very Best Restaurants list, where chef Michael Rafidi's Levantine flagship restaurant topped the 2026 edition.

• Waterloo CommunityVotes

  CommunityVotes' annual Waterloo and Cedar Falls readers-choice business awards at waterloo.communityvotes.com, run in nominate-then-vote rounds across food, drink, retail, and services categories, with 2025 and 2026 cycles both live on the organizer's site.

• WBOY Harry Green Athlete of the Week

  WBOY 12 (Nexstar) runs the Harry Green Athlete of the Week, a free weekly fan vote for North Central West Virginia high school athletes at wboy.com. The 2025 season confirms the feature is active, with a Morgantown-area quarterback among its honorees. Exact vote caps and close times are not published in the confirmed record.

• WBRC FOX6 Athlete of the Week

  WBRC FOX6 News profiles a Birmingham-market high school athlete each week at wbrc.com/sports/athlete/, feeding into the Rising Star scholarship track. A field of 30 season nominees narrows to 6 finalists, and the public vote decides who wins a $5,000 scholarship funded by America's First (AmFirst) Credit Union.

• WBRZ Fans' Choice Player of the Week

  The WBRZ News 2 weekly fan vote for Baton Rouge-area high school football, nominees are revealed Tuesday, voting opens that evening, and fans can vote up to 50 times before the winner is announced live on the Wednesday 6 p.m. newscast.

• WBZ-TV MVP of the Week (Massachusetts)

  WBZ-TV (CBS Boston) runs the Massachusetts MVP of the Week as a staff-selected feature, not a fan-voted poll — the sports desk picks a weekly honoree from community nominations and profiles them on cbsnews.com/boston. Past subjects include a Bishop Feehan quarterback and a Deaflympic gold medalist. No ballot, no vote cap.

• WCBI Viewers' Choice Awards

  WCBI Viewers' Choice Awards is a Mississippi readers'-choice program run by WCBI-TV on the Second Street ballot platform at wcbi.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions have run since 2021, and the most recent round opened December 31, 2025 and closed May 1, 2026 as a single combined ballot rather than separate nomination and voting rounds. A category roster and any per-supporter vote limit are not published on the page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• WCIA Athlete of the Week (Champaign)

  Three Central Illinois outlets run separate athlete polls in the same footprint: WCIA 3's weekly, every-sport ballot opens nominations each Wednesday, sits apart from a $1,500 annual scholarship award, and covers a defined multi-county broadcast area rather than the whole state.

• WDIV Vote 4 The Best

  WDIV-TV's annual Metro Detroit readers-choice program, run through ClickOnDetroit, where the public nominates and then votes for favorite local businesses across roughly 80 categories before results air on the station.

• West Michigan's Favorite Tattoo Artist (WGRD-FM)

  West Michigan's Favorite Tattoo Artist is WGRD-FM's annual fan-vote contest, run at wgrd.com. The confirmed 2018 edition took over 3,000 nominations down to a top twenty, then opened voting from noon Tuesday, September 11 through 11:59 p.m. Monday, September 17. Archived pages also show the contest live in 2026, with day-level dates unconfirmed for that year.

• West Texas High School Football Player of the Week

  The High School on SI / SBLive regional fan vote covering El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland, and the small towns beyond. Anyone can vote unlimited times with no account — and like the Dallas regional, the ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, not Sunday.

• West Virginia HBA Parade of Homes

  Home Builders Association of West Virginia runs this annual Parade of Homes through hbawv.org, timed adjacent to the West Virginia Home Show in Charleston, confirmed for April 2025. Kanawha Valley Builders Association (kvba.com) is a confirmed active partner; neither site publishes a public ballot format.

• West Virginia High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/west-virginia, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group), recognising standout prep athletes across all four WVSSAC classifications statewide. Any fan votes free, once per poll cycle; no account required.

• West Virginia High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week

  A winter, boys-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, inferred from the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub's confirmed pattern of running sport-specific fall (football) and spring (softball) ballots, plus SI's confirmed coverage of WV basketball standings. No dated boys-basketball post independently confirms cadence or close time yet.

• West Virginia High School Football Athlete of the Week

  The fall-only, football-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, hosted on the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub confirmed active through the 2024 and 2025 seasons. It runs alongside, not instead of, the statewide all-sport ballot and two separate Wheeling-market polls WTRF operates on its own site.

• West Virginia High School Football Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs the weekly fan-vote poll for West Virginia prep football at si.com/high-school/west-virginia. Editors nominate 10 to 11 players each week, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. — a day earlier than some regional peers, which compresses the campaign window.

• West Virginia High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week

  A winter, girls-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, inferred from the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub's confirmed pattern of running sport-specific fall (football) and spring (softball) ballots, plus SI's confirmed coverage of WV girls basketball standings. No dated girls basketball post independently confirms cadence or close time yet.

• West Virginia High School Softball Athlete of the Week

  The spring-only, softball-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, hosted on the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub confirmed active via dated posts in April 2025. It runs during the WVSSAC softball season alongside, not instead of, the year-round, all-sport statewide ballot the same hub carries the rest of the year.

• West Virginia High School Softball Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a spring fan-vote poll each week of the WVSSAC softball season at si.com/high-school/west-virginia. Editors nominate 10–11 players from across all four classifications; anyone can vote without an account and there is no per-vote limit. The ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

• West Virginia WTRF Athlete of the Week

  The weekly, all-sports fan vote for Wheeling-area high schools run by WTRF 7 (Nexstar) at wtrf.com/athlete-of-the-week, paired with a separate Team of the Week ballot at wtrf.com/team-of-the-week. Free and open to the public, it covers every high school sport in the Ohio Valley market, not just football.

• West Virginia WTRF Elite Roofing Elite Player of the Week

  The weekly Wheeling-market fan vote for high school football's "Elite Roofing Elite Player of the Week," run by WTRF 7 (Nexstar) through its Gold and Blue Nation sports platform. Anyone can vote for free at wtrf.com during the WVSSAC football season, covering Northern Panhandle programs on both the West Virginia and Ohio sides of the Ohio Valley.

• Westerly Sun Cutest Pets Contest

  Westerly, Rhode Island's daily newspaper, the Westerly Sun, runs the Cutest Pets Contest through RI Media Group. Voting happens on Second Street's westerlysun.secondstreetapp.com listing. 3 separate contest years are confirmed there: 2017, 2021 and 2025, with the most recent round open March 20 through April 11, 2025, now closed. Past that window, whether a photo can be entered in a specific category or how often one supporter may return stays unwritten, so a pet owner should confirm on the live ballot each cycle rather than guess.

• Westerly Sun Reader's Choice

  Nominating and voting for Reader's Choice, the readers'-choice ballot for Westerly, Rhode Island run by RI Media Group, publisher of the Westerly Sun, runs July 16 through September 14, 2026 on westerlysun.secondstreetapp.com. 2020 and 2026 are its two confirmed years so far. Past that window, whatever Reader's Choice ultimately requires for categories or vote limits shows up only on Westerly's own live ballot, confirmed fresh each cycle.

• Western New York High School Football Player of the Week

  The Buffalo News Prep Talk Boys Athlete of the Week is a public fan vote at buffalonews.com, sponsored by Sgroi Financial. During fall, football nominees share the ballot with soccer and cross-country athletes. Anyone can vote with no account; the poll closes at noon Thursday — a Thursday cutoff you will not find on any other weekly regional football poll in New York.

• Western Ohio Parade of Homes People's Choice

  The Western Ohio HBA runs an in-person People's Choice ballot during its annual Parade of Homes tour around Dayton. Visitors cast a vote while physically touring the show homes, coordinated through the poh.westernohiohba.com portal, rather than from a standalone web ballot reachable without ever leaving the couch.

• WETM MyTwinTiers Athlete of the Week (Twin Tiers)

  A TV sports desk, three counties, one poll a week: WETM-TV 18's MyTwinTiers.com ballot at mytwintiers.com/sports, presented by Simmons-Rockwell Nissan, confirmed live through the 2024 and 2025 school years.

• WFRG Favorite New York State License Plate Vote

  WFRG-FM's Favorite New York State License Plate vote asks listeners to pick a redesign concept at bigfrog104.com; the page's own text once framed it as New York State itself asking for help, though this guide confirms WFRG-FM, not a state agency, as the organizer. One past cycle closed voting Monday, September 2nd, at 11:59 PM. Exact dates and rules for the current cycle: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WFSB Vote Now, Connecticut Fan Poll Hub

  WFSB CBS Hartford runs its "Vote Now" fan-poll hub at wfsb.com/votenow, a rotating multi-sport ballot spanning wrestling, hockey, basketball, football, cross country, and volleyball across Connecticut high schools. It is a separate mechanism from WFSB's own weekly Athlete of the Week page, from the statewide High School on SI poll, and from regional papers like the Norwich Bulletin. One station, several ballots, one hub.

• WGN Radio Chicago Area's Best Burgers Tournament

  WGN Radio's bracket-style burger tournament for the Chicago metro, run online with sponsor backing from Turano Baking and Puckered Pickle. Restaurants advance round by round on public votes rather than a single open-ended ballot, and the winner earns bragging rights across the station's food coverage.

• WGN Radio Chicago Pizza Madness Tournament

  WGN Radio's annual Chicago Pizza Madness bracket under its Chicago's Very Own Eats franchise, pitting 128 pizzerias across four regions in single-elimination online voting that drew more than 95,000 votes in 2025, roughly double the field size of many regional pizza brackets elsewhere in the country.

• What's Up? Magazine Best of Central Maryland

  What's Up? Media publishes Best Of Central Maryland at whatsupmag.com, a readers-choice business ballot covering central Maryland rather than a single city. Five editions are confirmed, 2022 through 2026, and the page prints these categories: Food & Dining, Health & Beauty, Home & Design, and Retail & Professional Services. A per-voter cap and a separately confirmed round schedule are not published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• What's Up? Magazine Best of Eastern Shore

  What's Up? Media publishes Best Of Eastern Shore at whatsupmag.com, a readers-choice business ballot for Maryland's Eastern Shore. Unlike a clean year-after-year run, its confirmed editions skip a year: 2022, 2023, 2025, and 2026, with no edition confirmed for the year in between. The page prints these categories: Food & Dining, Health & Beauty, Home & Design, and Retail & Professional Services, while a per-voter cap and a separately confirmed round schedule stay unpublished; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

• White Bear Press Holiday Lights Contest

  White Bear Lake, Minnesota's White Bear Press Holiday Lights Contest runs on Second Street at whitebearpress.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions are logged, 2023 and 2024, and the most recently recorded window opened November 18 and closed January 5. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WHSV Fast Break Friday

  A weekly winter fan vote from WHSV TV3 Harrisonburg (Gray Media, ABC affiliate) that puts three nominated high school basketball plays, not players, on a Friday ballot during the November-through-March season. The sports desk posts the field at whsv.com/sports; anyone can vote at no cost, and there is no sibling ballot anywhere in the state built around a single highlight instead of a season-long stat line.

• WIBW Scholar Athlete of the Week

  Annual recognition series from WIBW-TV, Topeka's CBS affiliate, sponsored by Kaw Valley Bank and Cable Dahmer. WIBW's sports desk names one northeast Kansas student each week for combined academic and athletic achievement. Selection is editorial, not a public fan-vote ballot: there is no cap, tally, or leaderboard published for this program.

• Wichita Area Builders Parade of Homes

  Wichita Area Builders Association's Parade of Homes is a builder-run home tour showcasing 100+ newly built homes per event across the Wichita area. WABA introduced a public People's Choice fan vote in Fall 2024, run through the votewichitaks.com and bestofwichitaks.com ecosystem alongside the association's own wabahome.com site.

• Wichita Area Small School Defensive Player of the Year Presented by WSU Tech

  Wichita Area runs the Wichita Area Small School Defensive Player of the Year Presented by WSU Tech, a Kansas high school football defensive honor decided by public vote on Crowdsignal. The ballot covers small schools in the Wichita area. Confirmed edition years are 2023 and 2025. Voting opens in December; exact dates confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Wichita ESPYs Athlete of the Year

  ESPN Wichita 92.3 and 810 WHB-AM run the annual Honorary ESPYs fan vote each June, covering roughly eight to ten categories — high school, small college, and professional athletes across the Wichita metro. The public votes at 810whb.com; no purchase or account is required to cast a ballot.

• WICU Athlete of the Year

  WICU-TV runs Athlete of the Year, a Pennsylvania fan-vote sports award, on Second Street at wicu.secondstreetapp.com. Seven confirmed editions back it, 2020 through 2026, a longer run than any other WICU-TV promotion currently listed. The 2025-2026 round closed June 24 after opening May 27, and unlike several sibling ballots in this state, WICU-TV's own page names no single city for the vote.

• Winston-Salem Journal Football Player of the Week

  The Winston-Salem Journal's weekly Triad-region fan vote for high school football's standout performance. Nominees are entered into a Google Form poll each Monday, voting stays open through Wednesday, and the newspaper announces the winner Thursday, a shorter, Google-Form-based cycle than the statewide SI ballot covering the same season.

• Wisconsin Boys Basketball State Standout

  SI Wisconsin's High School on SI vertical names a Top Individual Standout from the WIAA boys basketball State Tournament each March, decided by public fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin. The 2026 award is confirmed. Ballot size, vote cap, and the exact close date are set fresh each cycle — check the live poll page.

• Wisconsin Girls Basketball State Standout

  Each March, once the WIAA girls basketball State Tournament wraps, SI Wisconsin's High School on SI vertical opens a Top Individual Standout fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin — free, no account needed. The 2025-26 season's edition ran on schedule. Exact vote cap and close time live inside that year's own article, not a fixed annual rule.

• Wisconsin High School Athlete of the Week

  Free weekly statewide fan poll at WisSports.net, presented by Box Out Sports, recognising the top Wisconsin prep athlete across all WIAA-sponsored sports each week. One vote per day per user; voting closes Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Central. Run by the Wisconsin Sports Network (WisSports.net).

• Wisconsin High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote polls at High School on SI (si.com/high-school/wisconsin) naming Wisconsin's top prep boys basketball players — top guard, top rebounder, and top state championship standout. Free, statewide, no account needed, close at 11:59 p.m. PT on published deadlines. Separate from the WBCA Mr. Basketball coach vote.

• Wisconsin High School Boys Basketball Top Guard

  Annual Top Guard fan vote from High School on SI, honoring Wisconsin's standout prep boys basketball guard each WIAA winter season. Hosted at si.com/high-school/wisconsin alongside the Top Rebounder and State Championship Standout awards. The 2025-26 vote ran January through February. Free to vote; no account needed.

• Wisconsin High School Football Defensive Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a Wisconsin defensive-only weekly fan vote each football season, a stand-alone ballot separate from its own offensive poll and from Bound Wisconsin's combined race. Roughly twelve ballots run September through November at si.com/high-school/wisconsin, free, with no account required. The split by side of the ball is unusual among SI's state football polls.

• Wisconsin High School Football Offensive Player of the Week

  High School on SI runs a Wisconsin offensive-only weekly fan vote each football season, separate from its own defensive ballot and from Bound Wisconsin's combined poll. Roughly twelve ballots run September through November at si.com/high-school/wisconsin, free, with no account required. Knowing which poll a nominee is on decides where a campaign should point.

• Wisconsin High School Football Player of the Week

  Wisconsin runs two parallel weekly fan-vote polls — High School on SI offers separate offensive and defensive awards with no stated per-vote cap, closing Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT; Bound Wisconsin combines both sides into one award but limits voters to once per day and closes Thursday afternoon. Knowing which ballot you are on changes the campaign completely.

• Wisconsin High School Football Team of the Year

  High School on SI runs an annual program-level fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin each December, naming a Wisconsin Football Team of the Year alongside its separate Offensive, Defensive, and Special Teams player polls. The ballot names whole WIAA programs, not individual athletes. Free, no account, one poll per year rather than a weekly cycle.

• Wisconsin High School Player of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards at High School on SI (si.com/high-school/wisconsin), recognising the top Wisconsin prep athletes by sport and position — football Offensive, Defensive, and Special Teams POY, plus basketball, baseball, and softball honours. Statewide, free, no account needed. Managed by High School on SI / Sports Illustrated.

• Wisconsin High School Softball Player of the Year

  Annual statewide fan-vote polls at High School on SI (si.com/high-school/wisconsin), recognising Wisconsin's top prep softball players by position — pitchers, catchers, hitters, shortstops, outfielders — across all WIAA divisions. Free, no account needed, statewide. Managed by High School on SI / SBLive / Sports Illustrated.

• Wisconsin High School Wrestler of the Year

  Annual end-of-season fan-vote polls at High School on SI / SBLive (si.com/high-school/wisconsin), naming Wisconsin's top prep wrestlers by division — boys Div 1, Div 2, Div 3, and girls statewide. Confirmed active for 2025-26; Gavin Wolters (Div 1) and Dealya Collins (girls, 6,730 votes) won the most recent edition. Free, no account needed, statewide.

• Wisconsin State Journal Readers' Choice

  Wisconsin State Journal's annual Readers' Choice awards for Madison and Dane County, voted at madison.com/exclusive/readerschoice/ on a Gannett-built ballot platform. The confirmed 2025 cycle used a year-stamped URL slug; category list, vote cap, and close date are not published on the source page and should be confirmed each cycle.

• WJHL Tri-Cities Play of the Week

  WJHL's weekly fan vote for the single best high-school-football play across the Tri-Cities TN/VA market, run separately from any athlete-of-the-week ballot. Voting opens once each week's games wrap and closes Monday at noon, capped at one vote per hour per user, with the winner revealed on WJHL's 4 p.m. broadcast across an eleven-week regular season.

• WKFR Favorite West Michigan High School Mascot

  Favorite West Michigan High School Mascot is WKFR-FM's fan vote for high schools across the region, run directly at wkfr.com. Archived pages show the contest active across eight separate years between 2018 and 2026, with one earlier version of the page recording a Monday, September 10th, close in a past cycle. As of September 2026, wkfr.com does not publish a school roster, a category roster, or a per-voter limit anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WKRG Player of the Week (Mobile)

  WKRG News 5's weekly Mobile-market high school football fan vote runs two separate polls off one nomination stream: Player of the Week and 5th Quarter Play of the Week. Nominations are solicited on the station's X account, and both ballots close Saturday at 11:59 p.m. during the 2025 in-season schedule.

• WKTV Boo-ti-ful Costume Contest

  Eight is the number anchoring WKTV's Boo-ti-ful Costume Contest: eight confirmed fall editions, 2018 through 2025, each one hosted on wktv.secondstreetapp.com through the Second Street voting platform. WKTV, a New York television station, organizes the program directly. The most recent window opened October 6, 2025 and closed October 31, 2025; nothing dated for a 2026 edition has posted yet, and the category list, vote cap and eligibility rules stay unpublished; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle before promising any of them to a supporter.

• WKYT Athlete of the Week

  WKYT, the CBS affiliate covering Lexington and much of central and eastern Kentucky, runs an online Athlete of the Week feature at wkyt.com/sports/athlete-of-the-week/. Confirmed picks include a Lexington-area high school, a western Kentucky high school, and University of Kentucky Athletics. WKYT does not publish a public archive or a stated vote cap.

• WLTX Columbia Player of the Week

  Weekly public fan vote from WLTX News19 (Tegna, CBS affiliate, Columbia/Midlands SC) naming a Columbia-area high school Player of the Week during football season. Free to vote, no account required, ballot and outcome decided entirely by WLTX's newsroom and current voting page.

• WNC Magazine Choice Awards

  WNC Magazine's annual Choice Awards for Western North Carolina, decided entirely by popular vote across roughly 50-plus categories at choice.wncmagazine.com. No judged shortlist is documented; winners are published each year in the magazine's print Winter issue rather than posted immediately online after voting closes.

• WNCT Bucks-n-Ducks Photo Contest

  Entries and public voting for the WNCT Bucks-n-Ducks Photo Contest run September 13, 2026 through January 1, 2027, hosted by WNCT-TV on the Second Street platform at wnct.secondstreetapp.com. Only one edition is confirmed so far; whether the contest comes back next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. A category list and any per-voter cap: confirm both there too.

• Worcester Business Journal Best of Business

  Worcester Business Journal's annual Best of Business readers-choice award, voted publicly at wbjournal.com across 54 confirmed 2026 categories spanning law firms, incubators, golf courses, and restaurants, with winners celebrated each January at Worcester's Beechwood Hotel after a four-week November ballot.

• WOWK High School Football Player of the Week

  WOWK 13 News, the Nexstar-owned Huntington-Charleston station, runs a free weekly Player of the Week feature for West Virginia high school football each fall at wowktv.com. Two 2025 weeks, Week 10 and Week 14, carry a confirmed named honoree. Vote caps, close times, and the nominee list aren't published in the confirmed record.

• WPRI 12 Team of the Week (Rhode Island)

  WPRI 12 runs Team of the Week at wpri.com/sports/team-of-the-week/, a confirmed-active Rhode Island high school sports fan vote that names a program, not one athlete, as its weekly honoree. The station has not published a vote cap, close day, or nomination process, so campaign timing should follow whatever the live page states each week.

• WPRI Blitz 12 Athlete of the Week (Rhode Island Football)

  WPRI 12's Blitz 12 fan vote names a Rhode Island high school football Athlete of the Week from a three-name field every fall week. Voting opens Sunday and closes Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern; WPRI announces the winner Thursday. No account is needed to cast a vote at wpri.com.

• WPXI Skylights Player of the Week

  WPXI Channel 11's weekly Skylights ballot for the WPIAL's standout football performance, drawn from four counties of Pittsburgh-metro coverage. Five nominees, free voting, RE/MAX Select Realty sponsors it, September through November.

• WSFA Fever Athlete of the Week

  The weekly Friday Night Fever Athlete of the Week fan vote from WSFA 12 News (NBC Montgomery), sponsored by Jack's, voting opens Monday at 6:30 p.m. and the winner is announced Thursday on WSFA 12 News at 6, with a season-ending Athlete of the Year honored at an annual banquet.

• WSIL Viewers' Choice Awards

  Unlike Illinois readers'-choice programs run through a shared "best of" network, WSIL Viewers' Choice Awards is organized directly by WSIL-TV, serving the Harrisburg-Marion-Carbondale television market in southern Illinois, on its own wsiltv.secondstreetapp.com listing. Two editions are confirmed, 2024 and 2025, the more recent closing September 15, 2025. A 2026 edition is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WSJO First Day of School Photo Contest

  WSJO's First Day of School Photo Contest narrows entries to 10 finalists, then lets the public vote for a winner at sojo1049.com. An earlier version of the page put the close at midnight on September 21st in a past cycle, with the contest filed under the station's own Parenting and Photos tags. Exact 2026 dates and rules: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WSOC Big 22

  Annual fan-vote program by WSOC-TV Channel 9 (Cox Media Group, Charlotte) selecting 22 elite Charlotte-region high school football players each fall, then crowning a Player of the Year through multi-round public online voting — up to 9 votes per day, free, with a $10,000 school prize.

• WTAE Operation Football Play of the Week

  WTAE-TV's weekly Pittsburgh-market fan vote for the best WPIAL football play, not the best player. Station sports staff narrow each week's field to roughly three nominated plays; the public picks the winner at wtae.com and in the WTAE app. Runs weekly through the WPIAL regular season and into the postseason, September through November.

• WTNH News 8 Game of the Week, Connecticut

  WTNH News 8 (ABC, New Haven) runs a free statewide Connecticut vote at wtnh.com/sports/high-school/sports-game-of-the-week called "Vote for News 8's Game of the Week." Unlike WTNH's own athlete poll, this ballot works at the team level: viewers pick a weekly matchup, not a player, and WTNH hasn't published a cap or close time for it.

• WTVQ Viewers' Choice Awards

  WTVQ-TV (ABC 36), the ABC affiliate licensed to Lexington, Kentucky, runs the WTVQ Viewers' Choice Awards through the Second Street platform at abc36.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions span 2021 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot combined nominating and voting into one window, March 1 through May 1, now closed. No category roster and no vote cap appear on the page as of September 2026; each remains a live-ballot question rather than a settled fact.

• WTVR RVA Sports Awards

  The annual Richmond-region sports awards fan vote run by WTVR CBS 6 (Nexstar), culminating in a ceremony at the Altria Theater in Richmond. Fans vote free online across categories including Female Athlete of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year, Team of the Year, Youth Athlete of the Year, Youth Team of the Year, Fan of the Year, Moment of the Year, Event Impact of the Year, and Community Champion.

• WV News Best of Harrison County

  Seven confirmed editions, 2020 through 2026, sit behind 2026 Best of Harrison, WV News's ballot at ncwvcontests.secondstreetapp.com. NCWV Media, the WV News operation, lists Harrison among the North Central West Virginia counties it covers, and the organization is witnessed in Clarksburg. The most recent edition opened December 8, 2025 and closed January 31, 2026. WV News has not made public any breakdown of judging categories or a fixed ceiling on repeat voting; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WV News Best of Marion County

  Where does a Marion County nominee's vote actually land? At wvnews.secondstreetapp.com, WV News' 2026 Best of Marion County ballot, open August 21 through October 2, 2026. WV News, headquartered in Clarksburg, West Virginia, runs the ballot as a combined nomination-and-voting listing rather than two separate stages. Two editions are confirmed, 2024 and 2026; a category roster and any per-voter limit are unpublished, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WV News Best of Mineral County

  West Virginia's Best of Mineral County ballot is organized by WV News, a statewide newsroom headquartered in Clarksburg, through the Second Street platform at wvnews.secondstreetapp.com. The program counts two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026; the 2026 voting window ran May 8 through June 26, 2026, and has since closed. How many categories the ballot runs, and any per-voter limit, aren't printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WV News Best of Preston County

  WV News, headquartered in Clarksburg, West Virginia, runs the 2026 Best of Preston County ballot at wvnews.secondstreetapp.com, open September 3 through October 20, 2026. The same account carries a same-season Best of Marion County ballot and a same-season Best of Upshur County ballot too, so the exact address matters. Three editions are confirmed, 2024, 2025, and 2026; a category roster and any per-voter limit are unpublished, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WV News Best of Upshur County

  WV News opened voting on 2026 Best of Upshur County July 8 and holds it open through September 22 at wvnews.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions back the program, 2025 and 2026. WV News runs the ballot out of Clarksburg, West Virginia; Upshur County is the county this particular ballot names. Beyond that July 8-September 22 window, nobody outside WV News has pinned down how many categories the ballot sorts businesses into or set a ceiling on repeat clicks from the same supporter; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WV News River Cities Best of the Best

  WV News runs 2025 River Cities Best of the Best at wvnews.secondstreetapp.com, a ballot named for a region rather than one county, unlike some of WV News's other Second Street contests. Three editions are confirmed, 2023 through 2025, and the most recent closed January 8, 2025 after opening November 18, 2024. WV News is witnessed operating out of Clarksburg, West Virginia. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WWNY Athlete of the Week

  The weekly multi-sport Athlete of the Week fan vote from WWNY-TV 7 (Nexstar), covering high school athletes across Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Lewis counties in New York's Watertown / North Country market, hosted on a standing page rather than a new post each week.

• WXXV Viewer's Choice Awards

  Voting for the 2026 WXXV Viewer's Choice Awards is open now, July 7 through September 10, run by WXXV-TV, a Gulfport, Mississippi television station, at wxxv25.secondstreetapp.com. Five confirmed editions run back to 2022. The current listing stops short of stating which categories qualify or how many times a supporter may return, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either detail before the September 10 close.

• WYMT Don Franklin Athlete of the Week

  Hazard-based WYMT runs this one alone. The Don Franklin Athlete of the Week pulls nominees from Bell, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Perry, and Pike County schools, year-round, across every KHSAA sport season rather than one.

• Wyoming High School Athlete of the Week

  Statewide weekly fan poll and editorial award run by WyoPreps — Wyoming's dedicated high school sports platform — honoring one male and one female student-athlete each week across all WHSAA-sanctioned sports, all four classifications, and all 72 member schools.

• Wyoming High School Player of the Year

  WyoPreps runs an annual, sport-by-sport Player of the Year cycle covering 28 separate awards between August 2025 and August 2026, with a fan-vote component feeding each sport's honor. Coverage spans Wyoming's 1A through 4A classifications, from Jackson Hole to Sheridan to Cheyenne, with no login needed to cast a ballot.

• Wyoming Milward Simpson Award

  WyoPreps and the Milward Simpson Foundation jointly present Wyoming's single annual statewide athlete honor. 2026 finalists are named at wyopreps.com, chosen through public deliberation with a counted fan-vote element rather than a raw leaderboard, and the winner is confirmed at a June 20, 2026 ceremony in Cody.

• Wyoming Tribune Eagle Best of the Best

  The Wyoming Tribune Eagle's annual readers-choice ballot for Cheyenne and Laramie County, run on the same wyomingnews.com platform as the Laramie Boomerang's contest, in a capital-city market where three other best-of programs also compete for the same nomination.

• Wyoming Tribune Eagle Cutest Pet Contest

  Unlike Wyoming's business best-of ballots, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle Cutest Pet Contest turns on one photo per pet, with Cheyenne owners submitting an image and the public deciding the winner at wyomingnews.secondstreetapp.com. A first round ran in 2025; the second, listed there as Cutest Pet 2026, ran April 20 through May 25 of 2026. No published roster of categories and no daily-vote rule exist on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• WyoPreps Basketball Player of the Year

  WyoPreps' annual Basketball Player of the Year honor blends reader nominations, fan votes, and coach input across Wyoming's basketball season. The 2026 boys 3A-4A all-state list and Player of the Year call are confirmed and published on WyoPreps; a comparable girls program runs alongside it. No account is required to take part.

• WyoPreps Football Player of the Year

  WyoPreps folds football into its statewide, 28-award Player of the Year program, running one nomination and fan-vote pipeline from August 2025 through August 2026. Football also gets a standalone honor: the 2025 3A-4A All-Conference roster WyoPreps published in November 2025. No football-specific vote page or confirmed winner name is separately archived.

• WyoPreps Volleyball Player of the Year

  The single-sport volleyball slice of WyoPreps' 28-award Athlete/Player of the Year series, sponsored by Premier Bone and Joint Centers and hosted on Townsquare Media radio pages such as kowb1290.com — a fan-nomination poll that advises, but does not by itself decide, the final WyoPreps staff call.

• WZZM13 Grand Rapids High School MVP of the Week

  The WZZM13 "13 On Your Sidelines" weekly fan vote covering high school football in fall and boys basketball in winter across the Greater Grand Rapids metro. Voting opens Monday and closes Thursday at 5:30 p.m. — mid-week, mid-afternoon — a hard stop that most voters never see coming.

• Yadkin Ripple Readers' Choice Awards

  Set against Best of North Carolina's statewide reach, the Yadkin Ripple Readers' Choice Awards stays a single newspaper's own ballot, run by The Yadkin Ripple through Second Street at theyadkinripple.secondstreetapp.com. Confirmed editions cover 2025 into 2026, and the most recent voting stretch, July 15 through August 11, sits closed for now. No printed category roster or per-voter rule shows up on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

• Yakima Herald-Republic Readers' Choice

  The Yakima Herald-Republic runs its Readers Choice ballot directly on its own site at yakimaherald.com, skipping the outside voting platforms many newspapers use instead. The ballot has run twice so far, in 2025 and again in 2026, and the newspaper's own page states that voting opens July 1. Nothing about which categories the newspaper judges, or how many times a supporter may click through, appears anywhere on that listing; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for whatever a Yakima entrant or supporter needs before casting a vote.

• York & Hanover Community's Choice Awards

  The York Daily Record and York Dispatch run York & Hanover Community's Choice Awards at yourchoiceawards.com/york, an online ballot covering York County. Category detail, vote caps, and this cycle's close date aren't published beyond that page.

• YourChoiceAwards South Bend Best Of

  YourChoiceAwards South Bend runs a business readers-choice ballot at yourchoiceawards.com/southbend/, a separate platform from the city's other confirmed CommunityVotes program. Public records tie it to the same broader operating network, though no category list, vote cap, or close date is confirmed for this specific address.

• YourSA Readers' Choice

  YourSA Readers' Choice, from Hearst Media San Antonio and the San Antonio Express-News, runs a public online vote across 170+ categories. The confirmed 2025 cycle opened February 3 at hearstmediasa.com/yoursa, a single-round ballot distinct from San Antonio Current's separate two-round Best of San Antonio program.