Utah Online Voting Contests

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.

KSL Sports Utah County Football Player of the Week

Utah County (Provo / Orem / American Fork) · KSL Sports / Mr. Mac

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.

Utah High School Athlete of the Week

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

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

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

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).

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 Northern Utah

The Standard-Examiner's Best of Northern Utah readers-choice program at bestofnorthernutah.com, covering Ogden and the wider Weber County market, run separately from the Standard-Examiner's own Best of Davis County, with 2026 results published June 24, and no separately confirmed nomination window, category list, or vote cap on the public record.

Best of SLC

BestofSLC.com's independent Salt Lake City readers' awards run 100-plus categories through public nomination, held March 17 to April 2, 2026, then a public vote, described by the platform itself as community-driven rather than decided by a judges' panel, with no newspaper named anywhere as a partner or co-organizer.

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 State Utah

Best of State Utah's statewide awards program at bestofstate.org, combining public voting with judged review across businesses and nonprofits, with a 2026 winners category confirmed live. Distinct from regional Utah "best of" ballots that cover a single county rather than the whole state.

Best of the Beehive

Salt Lake Magazine's Best of the Beehive runs a two-step process for Salt Lake City businesses: public nominations first, then a reader vote, with winners published in the magazine's annual print and digital issue at saltlakemagazine.com rather than a running leaderboard.

Best of Utah

City Weekly's Best of Utah runs 464 awarded categories, split between reader-voted picks and staff selections, with the 2025 ballot going live August 31 at cityweekly.net/best-of-utah/, covering Salt Lake City and, per the organizer's own framing, the state more broadly.

Best of Utah Valley

The Daily Herald's Best of Utah Valley readers' choice program covering Provo, Orem, and the surrounding Utah County area, run through the hometownguru.com voting platform with 2025 voting confirmed active via the organizer's Facebook page.

CommunityVotes Layton

Layton · CommunityVotes Layton

CommunityVotes Layton confirms two nomination editions, 2024 and 2026, for Layton, Utah at layton.communityvotes.com. Archived pages show 2025 too, though nothing on them names it as its own confirmed cycle. The 2026 window is confirmed open August 18 through December 13. Beyond that window, the page publishes no category list and no set vote cap; regardless, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

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.

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.

Utah Valley Parade of Homes People's Choice

The Utah Valley Parade of Homes People's Choice award uses ticket-code voting at uvparade.com for its Provo-area home tour. The 2026 tour ran June 4-20, with voting confirmed open through July 18, a program the organizer explicitly separates from Salt Lake's own Parade of Homes.