All Online Contests — 1243 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

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• Bilibili New Year's Eve Gala

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• Bilibili Power Up 100

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• 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

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• Chuang (创造营)

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• Feitian Awards Audience

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• HoYoLab Genshin Impact Character Popularity Vote

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• Hupu Annual Awards

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• 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

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• Keep Running (奔跑吧兄弟)

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• MangoTV Singer Show

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Weibo Night Awards

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• Xiaohongshu / Rednote Lifestyle Awards

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• Soribada Best K-Music Awards Popularity

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• The Show Pre-Vote (더쇼 사전투표)

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• TikTok Awards Korea

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• Universe Ticket

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Spain (4 contests)

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• Eurovision Song Contest — Spain

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• Operación Triunfo

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Thailand (2 contests)

• Miss Grand International

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• Miss Grand International Fan

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Ukraine (6 contests)

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• Україна має талант

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United Arab Emirates (2 contests)

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• Globe Soccer Awards

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United Kingdom (1 contest)

• Pride of Britain People's Choice

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Connecticut

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

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 Hawaii

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

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Monroe Community's Choice Awards

  The Monroe News-Star's (Gannett) readers-choice business awards on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/monroecounty/, spanning 120+ categories across Monroe, Ouachita Parish, and Northeast Louisiana.

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

  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 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 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 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 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 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 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 — 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 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 (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• Burlington CommunityVotes

  CommunityVotes' annual Burlington, Vermont readers-choice awards, part of the Metroland Media network, confirmed live for 2025 with nomination followed by two public voting rounds across categories including restaurant, salon, dentist, realtor, and contractor.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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'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.

• 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.

• 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'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.

• Cityview Best of the Best (Knoxville)

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

• 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 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'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 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.

• 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).

• 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 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 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 Charleston

  Metroland's annual CommunityVotes readers-choice program for the Charleston, West Virginia market, run at charleston.communityvotes.com. The confirmed 2025 nomination window ran September 2 through December 8; category lists, vote caps, and any finalist round are unpublished, so confirm those on the live site before building a campaign around them.

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 Kansas City

  CommunityVotes Kansas City's own business readers-choice ballot at kansascity.communityvotes.com, run separately from Kansas City Magazine's Best of KC and the Johnson County Post's Best of Johnson County. Businesses nominate, then the public votes once the ballot opens, with no confirmed category list or vote cap published for this specific market yet.

• 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 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 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 Newark

  Metroland's CommunityVotes Newark readers-choice awards run annually at newark.communityvotes.com across more than 120 local business categories, from Main Street shops to Christiana-area retailers. The 2025 cycle is active; exact nomination and voting-round dates should be confirmed on the site each year.

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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

  YourChoiceAwards Detroit's Community Choice Awards, an annual readers-choice program built on a shared Gannett-operated voting platform, spans 80 categories and honors 240 or more area businesses across metro Detroit each cycle. The program runs entirely separate from Hour Detroit Magazine's own long-running Best of Detroit ballot, hosted at yourchoiceawards.com/detroit.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

  The Courier Journal (Gannett) runs Louisville Community Choice Awards on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/louisville/, a separate program from Louisville Magazine's long-running Best of Louisville. The public nominates and votes for local businesses there, with the 2025 cycle confirmed active and other cycle details left to the live page.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 — 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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 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's Best

  Star Tribune's annual statewide readers-choice business awards for Minnesota, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting across 350+ categories.

• 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 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 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'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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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/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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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 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 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Vietnam (2 contests)

• Bông Sen Bạc

  Get real Bình Chọn votes for Bông Sen Bạc — Vietnam-targeted, website-paced delivery for cinema's Silver Lotus public ballot. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Bông Sen Vàng Golden Lotus

  Get real online votes for Vietnam's national cinema award — audience-choice category, Vietnam-targeted delivery, paced to the official festival window. Packages from $6.99.

Global (10 contests)

• Best of North Atlanta

  Annual Appen Media Group readers-choice awards across North Atlanta's Alpharetta, Forsyth County, Johns Creek, Milton, and Roswell, with public voting that drew 100,000+ votes in 2025.

• Globe Soccer Awards

  Get real worldwide fan votes for the Globe Soccer Awards — globally targeted, account-verified, paced around the two-round public ballot. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Google Forms Poll

  Real, paced votes for any Google Forms poll — school contests, community surveys, or business competitions. 100 votes from $6.99, starts in under 60 minutes.

• Miss Universe People's Choice

  Get real fan votes for the Miss Universe People's Choice Award via the official app — global delivery, paced and targeted. 100 votes from $6.99.

• Miss World Fan Contest

  Get real global fan votes for your Miss World entry — app-delivered, geo-targeted, and paced. 100 votes from $6.99.

• NatGeo Travel Photo Contest

  Get real public votes for your National Geographic Travel Photo Contest entry — globally sourced, naturally paced, and built around the August online voting window. 100 votes from $6.99.

• NBA All-Star Fan

  Get real fan votes for the NBA All-Star Fan Vote on NBA.com and the NBA App — globally weighted, paced to the daily ballot cap, starting from $6.99.

• ONE PIECE World Character Popularity

  Get real global fan votes for the ONE PIECE WT100 worldwide character popularity poll — multi-platform delivery paced around the daily cap, web and app channels supported. Packages from 100 votes at $6.99.

• Ranking Arizona

  Annual AZ Big Media statewide business readers-choice survey, "Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Business," with public online voting across 100+ industry sub-categories.

• Weverse Community Poll

  Get real Weverse account votes for your favourite K-pop artist's community poll — account-paced, geo-weighted, global K-pop fandom delivery. 100 votes from $6.99.