New Mexico Online Voting Contests

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.

New Mexico High School Athlete of the Week

Albuquerque · Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque Publishing Company)

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

Albuquerque · Albuquerque Journal

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

Statewide New Mexico · NMPreps (On3 Sports Network)

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

Statewide New Mexico · High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

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.

Albuquerque Journal Readers' Choice

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

Albuquerque The Magazine's Best of the City

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

Best of Santa Fe

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

Best of 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.

Bulletin's Best

Las Cruces · Las Cruces Bulletin

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

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.

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.

Clark's Pets Calendar Contest

Albuquerque · Clark's Pet Emporium

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