Alabama Online Voting Contests

Alabama High School Athlete of the Week

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

Free statewide fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, recognizing one standout AHSAA prep athlete each week across all seven classification levels and all three sports seasons. One vote per six hours per device, no account required.

Alabama High School Baseball Player of the Week

SBLive Sports / High School on SI fan-vote poll naming one standout AHSAA baseball performer each spring week at si.com/high-school/alabama. The confirmed March 19, 2025, ballot carried ten nominees from across the state — pitchers, hitters, and two-way players from Class 1A through 7A all eligible on one list.

Alabama High School Baseball Player of the Year

Statewide Alabama · Montgomery Advertiser (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)

Annual end-of-spring-season fan vote run by the Montgomery Advertiser (Gannett), presented by Vance Law Firm, recognising the top AHSAA prep baseball player statewide. Voting lives at montgomeryadvertiser.com; readers choose from a curated ballot of nominees selected by the sports desk from all seven AHSAA classification levels.

Alabama High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

Free weekly fan-vote poll run by SBLive Sports under the High School on SI banner at si.com/high-school/alabama, recognising standout AHSAA boys basketball performers each winter. Editors pick the nominees, anyone can vote on a one-per-device-per-cooldown basis, and unlike the all-sport general ballot this one runs basketball players only — no 7A football fan bases to drown out a Class 3A nominee.

Alabama High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

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

Annual fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, naming an AHSAA Boys Basketball Player of the Year after the winter season across all seven classifications. It is separate from MaxPreps' pick and the ASWA's Mr. Basketball media honor; only this ballot is a public vote.

Alabama High School Football Player of the Week

Weekly fall fan-vote poll from High School on SI / SBLive Alabama — SBLive's editors choose nominees from across the AHSAA, fans vote on the active poll post, and the ballot runs from Sunday through a close the organizer posts on that week's page. No public vote-count scale is published; statewide schools from Hoover to Colbert County compete on the same ballot.

Alabama High School Football Player of the Year

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

Annual statewide fan vote from Sports Illustrated / SBLive's High School on SI hub at si.com/high-school/alabama, run alongside the Alabama Sports Writers Association's committee-picked All-State team. A separate weekly Player of the Week poll runs the same hub August through November. The two are easy to mix up.

Alabama High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive weekly fan vote for Alabama's top girls basketball performance. Editors set the nominees, fans vote freely with the poll's own published rule — "as often as you wish" — and the ballot closes Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

Alabama High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

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

Annual fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama/girls-basketball, naming an AHSAA Girls Basketball Player of the Year after a winter season that includes multiple confirmed weekly polls. It is separate from the ASWA's Miss Basketball media honor; only this ballot is a public vote.

Alabama High School Player of the Year

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

Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, recognising the top AHSAA prep athlete in each sport across all seven classification levels. Separate polls run per sport; voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on the published date.

Alabama High School Soccer Player of the Year

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

Annual fan vote from SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, naming a Boys and a Girls Soccer Player of the Year after Alabama's spring AHSAA season. It runs separately from the state tournament bracket itself, and anyone can vote with no account required.

Alabama High School Softball Player of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive Alabama spring fan vote for the best weekly softball performance in the state. Confirmed winners include Gracie Dees (Saraland) in March and Braya Hodges (Houston Academy) in May — two very different school types on the same recurring ballot.

Alabama High School Softball Player of the Year

Statewide Alabama · SBLive Sports / High School on SI (si.com/high-school/alabama)

Annual end-of-spring-season public fan vote run by SBLive Sports / High School on SI at si.com/high-school/alabama, selecting Alabama's top girls softball player across all seven AHSAA classification levels. Free to vote, no account required; voting closes 11:59 p.m. PT on the published deadline after the AHSAA state tournament.

Alabama High School Volleyball Player of the Year

Statewide Alabama · AHSVCA / MaxPreps / AVCA / SI-SBLive

Alabama's statewide volleyball Player of the Year, named separately for each AHSAA classification, is decided by AHSVCA member coaches, not by public ballot. The votable layer sits one step over: MaxPreps' weekly Player of the Week recognition, run with AVCA, tracks standout Alabama performers through the fall season, and SI/SBLive reports AHSVCA's results without running its own volleyball fan vote.

Dothan Eagle Athlete of the Week

Dothan · Dothan Eagle (Lee Enterprises)

Weekly reader poll run by the Dothan Eagle (Lee Enterprises) at dothaneagle.com, recognizing one standout Wiregrass-area high school athlete each week during the Alabama prep season. The paper has not published a standing rules page; cap, close day, and eligible-school list should be confirmed on the live poll each cycle.

Gadsden Times Athlete of the Week

Gadsden (Etowah County) · Gadsden Times (Gannett)

Free weekly fan-vote poll run by the Gadsden Times (Gannett) at gadsdentimes.com, recognizing one standout high school athlete from the Etowah County area each week. Coaches submit nominees to [email protected]; the poll also runs on AOL and MSN. Voting closes Thursday at noon, with no published per-device cap, active through the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

WAFF 48 Blitz Player of the Week

Huntsville / Tennessee Valley (North Alabama) · WAFF 48 News (Huntsville, AL)

A free weekly fan vote from WAFF 48, the Huntsville NBC station, honoring a standout North Alabama high school football performer each week of the AHSAA season. Voting happens at waff.com with no sign-up. Nominees have spanned Sand Mountain's small-school programs and Madison County's fast-growing suburban powers alike.

WALA FOX10 First & 10 Player of the Week

The weekly in-season high school football fan vote from WALA FOX10 (Mobile), sponsored by Rich's Car Wash, separate from the statewide SI/SBLive Alabama poll. Season winners are honored at an annual spring banquet.

WBRC FOX6 Athlete of the Week

Birmingham · WBRC FOX6 News (Birmingham)

WBRC FOX6 News profiles a Birmingham-market high school athlete each week at wbrc.com/sports/athlete/, feeding into the Rising Star scholarship track. A field of 30 season nominees narrows to 6 finalists, and the public vote decides who wins a $5,000 scholarship funded by America's First (AmFirst) Credit Union.

WKRG Player of the Week (Mobile)

WKRG News 5's weekly Mobile-market high school football fan vote runs two separate polls off one nomination stream: Player of the Week and 5th Quarter Play of the Week. Nominations are solicited on the station's X account, and both ballots close Saturday at 11:59 p.m. during the 2025 in-season schedule.

WSFA Fever Athlete of the Week

The weekly Friday Night Fever Athlete of the Week fan vote from WSFA 12 News (NBC Montgomery), sponsored by Jack's, voting opens Monday at 6:30 p.m. and the winner is announced Thursday on WSFA 12 News at 6, with a season-ending Athlete of the Year honored at an annual banquet.

About Town's Best of Birmingham

About Town Magazine runs an annual Best of Birmingham program at abouttown.io/issue/best-of-2025/, with a confirmed category record spanning Music Venues, Dining, and a professional Top Doctors feature in the 2025 issue. The full category list, vote cap, and close date aren't published; confirm each on the live site every cycle.

AIA Birmingham People's Choice

AIA Birmingham's annual People's Choice vote at aiabham.org/vote/ lets the public choose among submitted architecture and design projects. Confirmed entries include work by Williams Blackstock Architects and the Mountain Brook Fire Station design, with the 2025 cycle confirmed active on the organizer's own site.

Alabama Magazine's Best of Bama

Alabama Magazine's statewide Best of Bama readers-choice awards span restaurant, people, places, and entertainment categories, with voting open each year at alabama-magazine.com/vote-for-best-of-bama/. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active through the magazine's own Facebook updates, and winners appear in a following issue of Alabama Magazine.

Anniston Star Readers' Choice Awards

The Anniston Star's annual East Alabama readers' choice ballot. Hundreds of nominations across dozens of categories, then the top 5 nominees per category move to a final public vote.

Best of Alabama

GuideToAlabama.com's statewide readers-choice awards: nominate, then vote daily by category. Alabama Magazine runs a rival statewide program, so category fit and the live ballot matter more than the name alone.

Best of Huntsville

Huntsville Business Journal's readers-choice ballot for the Rocket City. More than 118,000 votes landed in the 2025 cycle across retail, food, arts, and services, run through a nominate-then-vote system on a separate platform domain, eventhuntsville.com, from the publisher's own site.

Best of Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay Magazine's annual Best of Mobile Bay readers' feature covers businesses across Mobile and the Eastern Shore at mobilebaymag.com. Confirmed facts are limited to the organizer, the annual cadence, and the Mobile-area focus; the category list and voting mechanics should be confirmed on the site each cycle.

Best of the River Region

Montgomery Advertiser's annual readers'-choice program, part of Gannett's USA TODAY Network, recognizing 420+ River Region businesses a year across Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, and Wetumpka. Results print in the Advertiser itself; the ballot runs on Gannett's shared contest network at gannettcontests.com, with the 2024 cycle confirmed and 2025 active.

Bham Now's Favorite Birmingham Food & Drink Vote

Bham Now runs an annual Favorite Birmingham Food & Drink vote through a dedicated app rather than a standard web ballot. The 2025 cycle was confirmed active October 14, 2025 at bhamnow.com. It repeats every year; exact categories, a vote cap, and the close date aren't published, so check the live app each cycle.

Birmingham Community Choice Awards

Birmingham News, AL.com, and Gannett's YourChoiceAwards platform run the Birmingham Community Choice Awards, a readers-choice program voted at birmingham.communityvotes.com across Food & Drink, Retail, Services, and Health. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active; check the live page each year for the exact nomination window and close date.

Birmingham Parade of Homes People's Choice

Birmingham · Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders (GBAHB)

Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders runs the annual Parade of Homes People's Choice award, with model homes open to public tours across two 2025 windows, April 25-27 and May 2-5, ahead of an awards ceremony where twelve builders win recognition each year.

BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards

BroadwayWorld's annual Birmingham regional theater fan vote, held at broadwayworld.com/birmingham/awards/, with 2025 nominations and voting confirmed live and James & the Giant Peach reported leading Best Musical as of December 2025.

Guide to Alabama Best of Awards

GuideToAlabama.com's community-voted annual best-of awards, active for the 2026 cycle at guidetoalabama.com/best-of. It's one of several Alabama readers-choice programs, alongside Alabama Magazine's Best of Bama and the Anniston Star's Readers' Choice, so the correct organizer name and category placement both matter before any campaign starts.

Huntsville Best Places to Work

Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce's Best Places to Work program, decided through a confidential Quantum Workplace employee survey rather than public voting. Participating companies' own staff rate their workplace anonymously; a new wellness category joined the program in 2025. Current-cycle details are published at hsvchamber.org.

Lagniappe Nappie Awards

Lagniappe's readers-choice ballot for Mobile, Alabama. Finalists move from public nomination to a vote at votenappies.com, capped at once per day per category, with winners named at a live ceremony at the Saenger Theatre.

Tuscaloosa Community Choice Awards

The Tuscaloosa News' annual Your Choice Awards program, run under Gannett, recognizes 390+ local businesses each year through voting at yourchoiceawards.com/tuscaloosa, with the 2025 winners confirmed through the paper's own Facebook page.