Minnesota Online Voting Contests

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.

Minnesota Class 1A Football Player of the Year

Statewide Minnesota (Class 1A programs) · SI Minnesota (High School on SI / Sports Illustrated)

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

Statewide Minnesota (Class 2A programs) · SI Minnesota (High School on SI / Sports Illustrated)

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

Statewide Minnesota (Class 3A programs) · SI Minnesota (High School on SI / Sports Illustrated)

Annual December fan vote run by SI Minnesota for Class 3A only, one of six separate enrollment-class ballots the outlet publishes for Minnesota football, matching the class-by-class format it also runs for Iowa. Confirmed active for the 2025 season. Free to vote, no account required, published at si.com/high-school/minnesota.

Minnesota Class 6A Football Player of the Year

Statewide Minnesota (Class 6A programs) · SI Minnesota (High School on SI / Sports Illustrated)

Annual December fan vote run by SI Minnesota for Class 6A only — MSHSL's largest enrollment classification and one of six separate class ballots the outlet runs for Minnesota football, mirroring the format it also uses for Iowa. Free to vote, no account required, published at si.com/high-school/minnesota.

Minnesota Football Player of the Week

Statewide Minnesota · SI Minnesota

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Mr. Football Award

Statewide Minnesota · Minnesota All Sports Alliance (MN Football Hub)

Minnesota All Sports Alliance's annual statewide honor for the state's top high school football season, narrowed each year to ten finalists and decided through multiple rounds that combine public fan voting with a jury, run at mnfootballhub.com. A different structure from Minnesota's weekly, fan-only football polls.

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.

Star Tribune Minnesota Athletes of the Week

Statewide Minnesota · Star Tribune StribVarsity (varsity.startribune.com)

Weekly recognition feature from the Star Tribune's StribVarsity high school sports vertical at varsity.startribune.com, honoring Minnesota prep athletes chosen by the editorial desk from emailed coach and reader nominations. No public ballot or vote count decides the pick; selections are confirmed running January through May 2026 across MSHSL winter and spring sports.

Best of Mankato

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

Best of 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 (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 Midwest

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

Best of 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 Town in Minnesota: Northfield (KDHL)

Northfield · KDHL

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

CommunityVotes Bloomington MN

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

CommunityVotes Duluth

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

CommunityVotes Maple Grove

CommunityVotes Maple Grove is Maple Grove, Minnesota's stop on the same CommunityVotes circuit, hosted at maplegrove.communityvotes.com under a locally based partner. Three editions back the page, spanning 2023, 2025 and 2026, and this year's cycle already shows results posted in August 2026. Paradise Car Wash and M2 Financial Group back the page as featured supporters, though no category roster or per-supporter vote limit is published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Rochester

CommunityVotes Rochester's annual Minnesota readers-choice ballot at rochestermn.communityvotes.com, where the 2026 cycle confirms four active categories, General Contractors, Thrift Stores, Museums, and Flea Market, a narrower published list than most CommunityVotes sister cities in the state disclose this early in a cycle.

CommunityVotes St. Cloud

Four confirmed editions run behind CommunityVotes St. Cloud, spanning 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. That is a full run of annual history, yet the organizer's own page for the 2026 cycle, now showing results posted in August 2026, still keeps its category roster and its per-supporter vote limit unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Fergus Falls Daily Journal Best of Otter Tail County

Otter Tail County · Daily Journal Media

Best of Otter Tail County runs through Daily Journal Media on the Second Street platform, covering Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Six confirmed editions have run since 2020, the most recent voting window closing September 2, 2025. The account has not posted a 2026 date, a category roster, or a per-voter limit for this ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Leighton Broadcasting Best of Local High School Sports

Leighton, the St. Cloud, Minnesota radio and marketing group, runs Best of Local High School Sports at leighton-stcloud.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions back this prep-sports ballot, 2020 through 2025, with the most recent window running September 22 through November 1, 2025, now closed. Unlike Minnesota's other best-of business polls, this one names only local high school athletics as its subject. St. Cloud's own listing keeps the category breakdown and any daily-vote rule unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Minnesota Bride Best of Awards

Minnesota Bride's statewide Best of Awards runs online open voting for wedding vendors, bridal boutiques, florists, DJs, photographers, and venues, before finalists move to a gala. The 2026 vote closed February 24, the 2025 gala was held July 22 at the Fillmore Minneapolis, and winners appear in the Fall/Winter issue.

Minnesota 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.

Southeast Minnesota Marching Band Vote

Rochester · KROC-FM Southeast Minnesota Marching Band Vote

The Southeast Minnesota Marching Band Vote is KROC-FM's annual online fan poll crowning a favorite high school marching band across the Rochester, Minnesota radio market, at kroc.com. The station runs a nomination week followed by a public vote each year. An archived edition of this contest's page shows voting originally set to close on a Friday before an organizer-announced extension through the following Sunday. Exact 2026 dates, a category list, and a per-voter cap remain unpublished as of September 2026; confirm all three on the live page.

St. Cloud Times Readers' Choice

St. Cloud Times' Central Minnesota readers' choice vote, run through the Gannett-owned paper's own site at stcloudtimes.com/exclusive/readerschoice instead of a separate contest domain. No fixed category list, voting window, or vote cap is published here, and the live page is the only confirmed source each cycle.

Twin Cities Business Best of Business

Twin Cities Business magazine's annual Best of Business awards, voted online at tcbmag.com/votebestbiz across B2B categories serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro, with Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers recognizing 100+ winners and results revealed in person each June at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis.

Twin Cities Parade of Homes People's Choice

Housing First Minnesota runs the Twin Cities Parade of Homes, the largest Parade of Homes in the US, twice yearly each spring and fall. The 2025 edition, the 77th annual run, featured 364 homes. A People's Choice vote runs alongside the juried Reggie Awards; Robert Thomas Homes ranked a top-25 builder for 12 straight cycles.

White Bear Press Holiday Lights Contest

White Bear Lake, Minnesota's White Bear Press Holiday Lights Contest runs on Second Street at whitebearpress.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions are logged, 2023 and 2024, and the most recently recorded window opened November 18 and closed January 5. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Tastiest Cheeseburger in Central Minnesota

Tastiest Cheeseburger in Central Minnesota is Mix 94.9's (KMXK) annual single-dish food vote at mix949.com. Five separate editions are confirmed, 2021 through 2025, every one tied to September. Beyond that, the page names no category list and no daily vote cap; as always, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.