Massachusetts Online Voting Contests

Eagle-Tribune Athlete of the Week

North Shore and Merrimack Valley Massachusetts · Eagle-Tribune (Gannett)

North Shore and Merrimack Valley Massachusetts high school Athlete of the Week fan vote from Eagle-Tribune (Gannett; eagletribune.com), spanning Lawrence, Andover, Haverhill, and Newburyport-area schools. The exact vote cap and close day aren't independently published for this paper; the poll follows the free, unlimited, no-account pattern documented at Gannett sibling The Enterprise in Brockton.

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.

Massachusetts Gatorade Softball Player of the Year

Statewide Massachusetts · Gatorade Player of the Year (playeroftheyear.gatorade.com)

Annual Gatorade recognition for Massachusetts's top softball player, chosen by nomination and a state selection panel at playeroftheyear.gatorade.com rather than public vote. The 2024-25 honoree posted 232 strikeouts in 102 innings pitched with a 0.412 ERA. All 380-plus MIAA member schools across eight districts are eligible.

Massachusetts High School Athlete of the Week

The High School on SI multi-sport fan vote covering Massachusetts spring athletes across baseball, softball, lacrosse, and other spring sports. Unlike the football-specific poll (which closes Sunday), this ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — and it puts a Taunton pitcher and a Belmont Hill lacrosse midfielder on the same list.

Massachusetts High School Baseball Player of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive spring fan vote for the best Massachusetts prep baseball performance of the week. SI editors nominate around ten players from across the state, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day later than the Massachusetts football POTW closes on Sundays.

Massachusetts High School Basketball Player of the Week

Statewide Massachusetts · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

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

Statewide Massachusetts · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

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

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

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

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

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

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

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

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

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

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

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.

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.

WBZ-TV MVP of the Week (Massachusetts)

Greater Boston · WBZ-TV / CBS Boston

WBZ-TV (CBS Boston) runs the Massachusetts MVP of the Week as a staff-selected feature, not a fan-voted poll — the sports desk picks a weekly honoree from community nominations and profiles them on cbsnews.com/boston. Past subjects include a Bishop Feehan quarterback and a Deaflympic gold medalist. No ballot, no vote cap.

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 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 the North Shore (North Shore Magazine)

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

Best of the 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 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.

BOSS - Best of South Shore

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

Boston Globe Best of the Best

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

Boston.com Readers Say

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

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.

Central Mass Community Choice Awards

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

CommunityVotes Brockton

Brockton · CommunityVotes Brockton

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

CommunityVotes Lowell

lowell.communityvotes.com has stood confirmed across three straight years, 2024 through 2026, run through a local CommunityVotes partner for Lowell, Massachusetts. This program is distinct from the separately run Lowell Sun Readers Choice program in the same city. The 2026 nomination window runs July 3 through October 25; no category list or vote cap shows up past it, the live ballot itself settles both each cycle.

CommunityVotes Lynn

Most Massachusetts readers'-choice ballots answer to a magazine or a newspaper. CommunityVotes Lynn doesn't; it's part of a national network instead, hosted at lynn.communityvotes.com for this Massachusetts city. Two editions are confirmed, 2024 and 2026, though the confirmed archive trail goes quiet in between. The 2026 nomination window runs July 3 through October 25. Past that window, the page names no category list and no fixed vote cap; even now, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Springfield

Springfield · CommunityVotes Springfield

CommunityVotes Springfield runs a nominate-then-vote business ballot for Massachusetts's third-largest city, at springfieldma.communityvotes.com. July 3 through October 25 spans the confirmed 2026 nomination stretch here. Archived pages tie the address to 2024 too, though 2025 doesn't carry that same year-specific confirmation. That window's category list and vote cap don't appear anywhere on springfieldma.communityvotes.com, so treat the live ballot itself each cycle as the place to check for either detail.

Daily Hampshire Gazette Readers' Choice

The Daily Hampshire Gazette's annual Readers' Choice ballot, run by the daily newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts, covering Hampshire County and the Pioneer Valley. Voting runs online at gazettenet.com; confirm the category list and dates on the live 2026 ballot each cycle.

HBA of Greater Springfield Parade of Homes

HBA of Greater Springfield runs Parade of Homes, a Western Massachusetts builder and remodeler showcase at hbaspringfield.com/parade-of-homes. The program is confirmed active; its category list, cycle dates, and exact public-vote format are not detailed here, so confirm specifics on the official site each cycle.

HBRAMA Parade of Homes People's Choice

HBRAMA's statewide Parade of Homes People's Choice pairs a Massachusetts builder and remodeler showcase of finished homes with public home tours, then lets visitors cast an online vote for a favorite entry at hbrama.com. Confirm each cycle's exact dates and category list on the organizer's own site.

MassLive / Springfield Republican Reader Raves

MassLive and the Springfield Republican's Reader Raves readers-choice ballot for Springfield and Western Massachusetts, run online through a Second Street voting form rather than the "Best of" branding used elsewhere in the state.

MetroWest Community Choice Awards

YourChoiceAwards runs the MetroWest Community Choice Awards with MetroWest Daily News, recognizing 360+ area businesses across 120+ categories. The 2026 nomination window opened June 1; the close date, any vote cap, and finalist-round details should be confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

New England Travel Awards (Boston Magazine)

Boston Magazine's New England Travel Awards ask readers across the region to name their own favorite resorts, festivals, and travel destinations, with the ballot itself living at bostonmagazine.com. The publisher operates out of Boston, Massachusetts, and has taken this program through two confirmed rounds, one in 2025 and another in 2026. Right now, the active cycle has a firm closing point, voting wraps Friday, June 5, and a results feature is slated for the October 2026 issue. What isn't spelled out anywhere on the page is a category breakdown or any stated limit on repeat voting by the same supporter, so a nominee weighing a push has two dates to plan around and little else printed. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

South Shore Community Choice Awards

YourChoiceAwards runs the South Shore Community Choice Awards at yourchoiceawards.com/southshore, recognizing 450+ Massachusetts businesses across 120+ categories from dentists and salons to restaurants, realtors, and contractors. The 2026 nomination window opened June 1; category rules, any voting cap, and the close date should be confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

The Old Colony Memorial Athlete of the Week

The Old Colony Memorial Athlete of the Week is a weekly public vote for Massachusetts high school athletes. The Old Colony Memorial runs the program, which is hosted on the Crowdsignal platform. The voting window runs from September to June, but the exact dates are not published. The program is open to athletes from various sports and schools across Massachusetts. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Worcester Business Journal Best of Business

Worcester Business Journal's annual Best of Business readers-choice award, voted publicly at wbjournal.com across 54 confirmed 2026 categories spanning law firms, incubators, golf courses, and restaurants, with winners celebrated each January at Worcester's Beechwood Hotel after a four-week November ballot.

MetroWest Humane Society Pet Calendar Photo Contest

Ashland · MetroWest Humane Society

MetroWest Humane Society runs its Pet Calendar Photo Contest for supporters of the animals at its Ashland, Massachusetts shelter. The ballot lives at gogophotocontest.com/mwhs-2026-calendar, part of the GoGo Photo Contest network. The page's own dated language spans nine confirmed contest years, 2018 through 2026, longer than most shelter calendar drives get to claim. Past that run of years the page stops volunteering specifics: no category list, no per-voter limit, and no published nomination or voting window appear anywhere on the current page. One detail does survive in the contest's own notes: a pet dressed as "Santa Claws" may land on the calendar's June page rather than December, since a printed month doesn't have to match the month a photo was actually taken. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.