Georgia Online Voting Contests

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.

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.

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.

Georgia Baseball Player of the Week

Statewide Georgia · Sports Illustrated / High School on SI

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

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

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

Statewide Georgia · Sports Illustrated / High School on SI

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

Statewide Georgia · Sports Illustrated / High School on SI

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

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

High School on SI's weekly winter fan vote for Georgia's standout girls basketball performance, hosted at si.com/high-school/georgia. Two dated editions confirmed for the 2024-25 season — January 14 and January 20, 2025 — each drawing nominees from every GHSA classification. Anyone can vote with no account required.

Georgia Girls High School Basketball Player of the Week

High School on SI's weekly statewide fan vote for Georgia's top girls basketball performance. Editors nominate — typically 13 players spanning all GHSA classes — and anyone can vote with no account until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, the same close as every SI Georgia poll.

Georgia High School Athlete of the Week

High School on SI's statewide Georgia fan vote that puts football, basketball, wrestling, and other sports on a single weekly ballot — no account required, closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT, with unlimited voting and no per-device cap.

Georgia High School Baseball Player of the Year

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated)

Annual, season-capping honor from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia, confirmed separate from the weekly Baseball Player of the Week poll. SI's confirmed baseball coverage centers on the GHSA state championship series each April and May, most recently 2026. Nominee field and any vote cap are set on the live page.

Georgia High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

Free end-of-season fan-vote award published per GHSA classification by High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia; boys basketball polls close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the stated date with no per-vote cap; separate ballots run for each class from AAAAAAA to A.

Georgia High School Football Defensive Player of the Week

A dedicated statewide defensive fan poll on High School on SI — launched 2025 to give Georgia linebackers, D-linemen, and defensive backs their own weekly ballot, separate from the North and South Georgia offensive POTW polls; 15 nominees on the opening ballot; unlimited voting closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT.

Georgia High School Football Defensive Player of the Year

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated)

Annual, defense-only recognition from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia, confirmed as a separate ballot from Georgia's combined Player of the Year and its own weekly offense/defense Player of the Week polls. Free to take part in; the nominee field, dates, and any vote cap are published on the live page each cycle.

Georgia High School Football Playoff Player of the Week

Statewide postseason fan poll on High School on SI covering all GHSA classifications during the November-December playoff run; voting is uncapped and closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT. During the regular season, Georgia runs separate North and South regional polls — this statewide ballot exists only in the postseason.

Georgia High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

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

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive)

Season-end fan-vote recognition run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com, covering every GHSA sport and classification across all of Georgia. No per-vote cap; polls close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the stated date.

Georgia High School Softball Player of the Year

Statewide Georgia · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated)

Annual, season-capping honor from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/georgia, confirmed distinct from the weekly Softball Player of the Week poll. Georgia's fastpitch season runs in the fall, not spring, and this recognition follows once that GHSA season concludes. Nominee field and any vote cap are set on the live page.

Georgia Softball Player of the Week

Statewide Georgia · Sports Illustrated / High School on SI

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.

North Georgia High School Football Player of the Week

Atlanta · High School on SI

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.

South Georgia High School Football Player of the Week

Valdosta · High School on SI

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.

41NBC Best Costume Contest

Macon · 41NBC

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

41NBC Sidesgiving Bracket Challenge

Macon · 41NBC

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

Athens Community's Choice Awards

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

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 Augusta

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

Best of Coastal Empire

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

Best of 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 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 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 Gwinnett

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

Best of Hall

Gainesville · Gainesville Times

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

Best of Middle Georgia

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

Best of NGA

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

Best of 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.

Best of Savannah

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

Best of Savannah

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

Best of Savannah HOMES

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

Best of the Boro 2026

Statesboro · Statesboro Herald

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

Best of Thomasville

Thomasville · Thomasville Times-Enterprise

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

Best of Valdosta

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

Best Self Atlanta Best Of

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

Columbus People's Choice Awards

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

CommunityVotes Augusta

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

CommunityVotes Columbus

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

Dalton Daily Citizen Readers' Choice

Where do Dalton, Georgia supporters vote in Dalton Daily Citizen Readers' Choice? At thedailycitizen.secondstreetapp.com, the Second Street ballot The Daily Citizen runs each year. Two confirmed editions back it, 2025 and 2026, with the most recent window running June 5 through July 30, 2026. Past that window, what is actually published goes quiet fast; confirm on the live ballot each cycle for whatever comes next.

Milton Neighbors' Choice Awards (The Milton Scene)

Milton, Georgia's own newsroom, The Milton Scene, runs the Milton Neighbors' Choice Awards at miltonscene.com rather than through a separate voting platform. Voting has happened twice so far: a 2025 round whose close date shifted from May 30 to June 1, and a 2026 round held in May with winners posted afterward. Categories and a vote cap stay off the page for now; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Moultrie Best of the Best (Moultrie Observer)

Moultrie · Moultrie Observer

Moultrie Best of the Best is Moultrie, Georgia's readers'-choice business ballot, run by the Moultrie Observer on Second Street at moultrieobserver.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions exist under this exact title, the earliest opened June 12, 2024, and the most recent, the 2025 Moultrie Best of Best, ran June 11 through August 7, 2025, now closed. Whether the ballot splits into categories, or what cap applies per voter, stays unstated; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

My Home Improvement Best Of

Atlanta · Atlanta Home Improvement

Atlanta Home Improvement, a home-improvement trade publication under the Atlanta Best Media banner, organizes My Home Improvement Best Of at atlantahomeimprovement.com, a readers'-choice ballot for the Atlanta, Georgia improvement and remodeling trade. Eight editions are confirmed: 2018, then 2020 through 2026 without a gap. The one nomination window still shown on the organizer's own site is dated October 2019, an already-finished cycle rather than the current one, and the 2026 edition's own page already thanks voters and points toward pending results. Beyond that, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Statesboro Herald Halloween Costume Contest

Statesboro · Statesboro Herald

Statesboro Herald runs the Halloween Costume Contest, a Second Street public-vote ballot for Statesboro, Georgia. Three confirmed editions have run since 2023, the most recent voting window closing November 4, 2025. The account has not posted a 2026 date, a category roster, or a per-voter limit for this ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Statesboro Herald Reading Nook Contest

Unlike Georgia's statewide and metro best-of ballots, Statesboro, Georgia's Reading Nook Contest is a single-newspaper reader photo vote that the Statesboro Herald runs on its own Second Street site, statesboroherald.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions stand behind it so far: the 5th Annual Reading Nook Contest in 2025 and the 6th Annual Reading Nook Contest, whose 2026 window closed March 1 after opening February 1. Nothing on that page breaks entries into categories, and no per-voter limit appears anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Tifton Gazette Best of Tifton

The Tifton Gazette runs Best of Tifton for Tifton, Georgia on Second Street at thetiftongazette.secondstreetapp.com. Four confirmed editions run 2023 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot opened January 22 and closed March 13. No category roster or vote cap is published past that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Viewers Choice Awards 2026

Macon · 41NBC

41NBC, the Macon, Georgia station known on air as WMGT, runs Viewers Choice Awards on the Second Street platform at 41nbc.secondstreetapp.com. Seven confirmed editions have run since 2019, and the 2026 edition's own window, per the platform's listing, ran December 29, 2025 through March 2, 2026, now closed. The same account separately hosts an unrelated scholarship ballot and several sweepstakes drawings that carry no connection to Viewers Choice Awards voting.

Atlanta Magazine Cutest Pets Contest

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