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.

Gadsden Times Preseason Girls Soccer Player of the Year Poll

The Gadsden Times preseason girls soccer award ballot is a public sports vote for the Gadsden, Alabama market. The Gadsden Times is the organizer, and Crowdsignal (poll.fm) hosts the ballot. The program has confirmed activity in 2023 and 2025. The linked poll is marked closed, while future ballot details require live-ball confirmation.

Gadsden Times Preseason Softball Player of the Year Poll

The Gadsden Times Preseason Softball Player of the Year Poll is a Crowdsignal public-vote softball ballot at https://poll.fm/15100040, hosted by The Gadsden Times in Alabama. Confirmed editions appear in 2023 and 2025; check the live ballot for any cycle-specific windows or rules.

The Tuscaloosa News High School Baseball Player of the Year

Tuscaloosa, Alabama hosts this year-end baseball honor from The Tuscaloosa News. The Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm gathers support for high-school players, with a June voting window. Two confirmed years exist for this award: 2023 and 2025, next expected 2026. The category roster and any per-supporter limit are unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote AHSAA Class 4A-7A Football Coach of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News runs the Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote AHSAA Class 4A-7A Football Coach of the Year, a sport ballot associated with Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and hosted on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). Confirmed editions are identified for 2025 and 2026. Exact voting dates, ballot categories, eligibility and vote frequency confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Tuscaloosa News Girls Athlete of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News Girls Athlete of the Year is a public-vote sports poll run by The Tuscaloosa News on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). The published ballot lists the 2026 edition at https://poll.fm/17210409; exact voting windows and per-voter rules must be confirmed on the live ballot.

Tuscaloosa News Girls Tennis Player of the Year

Tuscaloosa · The Tuscaloosa News

Where do Tuscaloosa supporters cast a ballot for The Tuscaloosa News Girls Tennis Player of the Year? The vote sits on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, run by The Tuscaloosa News. Two consecutive editions are confirmed, 2025 and 2026, with both ballots placed in June before closing. A category list, a daily vote limit, and the next nomination window are not published anywhere on that ballot; The Tuscaloosa News's own poll.fm listing is where each will eventually surface.

Tuscaloosa News Preseason Baseball Player of the Year

Tuscaloosa, Alabama is home to the Tuscaloosa News Preseason Baseball Player of the Year, a fan vote The Tuscaloosa News opens each February, ahead of its high school baseball season, through Crowdsignal's poll.fm service. Two editions are confirmed back to back, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 round stayed open through noon on Wednesday, March 4. The exact February date that round opened is not printed on the page.

Tuscaloosa News Preseason Boys Soccer Player of the Year Candidates

Tuscaloosa · The Tuscaloosa News

Voting on the Tuscaloosa News preseason boys soccer player of the year candidates runs each February, organized by The Tuscaloosa News and hosted by Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Two consecutive editions are confirmed, 2025 and 2026, both landing in the same month before closing. The paper frames the vote as a preseason look at candidates ahead of the boys soccer season, not a season-ending honor. No category list, per-voter limit or exact day-level date is published beyond the February window.

Tuscaloosa News Preseason Girls Soccer Player of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News runs a preseason girls soccer player of the year poll for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, hosted on Crowdsignal at poll.fm/16592116. Two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026, have both opened in February; the 2026 ballot now shows as closed. Exact reopening dates for the next cycle are published only once The Tuscaloosa News posts a new poll.

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.

Alabama Music Awards

The Alabama Music Awards is a public-vote music honours program run by the Alabama Music Awards Show from Bessemer, Alabama. The twelfth annual show is dated Sunday, July 26, 2026, and confirmed editions run from 2020 through 2026. Nominees are Alabama-born musicians, nominations run each winter, and the fan ballot lives at the nominees page on the Alabama Music Awards Show's own domain.

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 Bama Awards

Alabama Magazine's statewide Best of Bama Awards runs an open reader vote across roughly 80 categories at alabama-magazine.com/vote-for-best-of-bama, covering businesses in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and beyond. Nominations move into a public voting round each cycle, and winners are featured in the magazine's print issue rather than a live leaderboard.

Best Of Birmingham Home & Garden 2026

Birmingham Home & Garden runs its own readers' choice ballot for the Birmingham, Alabama market, hosted on the publisher's website. The 2026 cycle spans 12 groups covering home builders, designers, garden centers and lifestyle businesses. Voting is open August 15 through September 15, 2026, with winners announced in October. Confirmed editions run in 2024 and 2026, and supporters may vote once per person per day.

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 Marshall County 2026

Southern Torch, a news outlet covering Northeast Alabama, runs Best of Marshall County 2026, a best-of ballot for local businesses across Marshall County. The vote runs on Southern Torch's own domain at southerntorch.com. The 2026 window fell in April and the ballot page now carries a closed notice. Editions ran in 2025 and 2026. The category list and the voting rules are absent from the page Southern Torch publishes.

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.

Best Pets of the Wiregrass Calendar Photo Contest!

The Wiregrass Humane Society runs the Best Pets of the Wiregrass Calendar Photo Contest, a pet photo fundraiser based in Dothan, Alabama. The 2026 voting window runs from Friday, July 10, 2026 at 8:00 am through Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 9 pm, all online on the shelter's own site. Every photo entered is featured in the 2026 calendar, and supporters vote for their favorite pets during the July window.

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.

CommunityVotes Auburn

CommunityVotes Auburn is the best-of business awards ballot for Auburn, Alabama, organized by CommunityVotes together with a local partner and hosted on its own site at auburnal.communityvotes.com. The 2026 programme is live, and nominations open Friday September 4 at 6:00 am. This page sets out the printed window, what the ballot leaves unpublished, and how a supporter takes part.

CommunityVotes Hoover

CommunityVotes Hoover is a 2026 best-of ballot in which Hoover, Alabama customers choose their favorite local businesses, run by a local CommunityVotes partner on the platform's own market domain, hoover.communityvotes.com. Nominations open on Friday, September 4, 2026 at 6:00 am, and the campaign invites the community to back its favorites. Only the 2026 edition is confirmed, so this guide promises nothing about a returning cycle, and the details a participant needs, from category names to any per-person voting rule, are visible only on the live site.

CommunityVotes Huntsville

Huntsville, Alabama, gets its own readers' choice business ballot from the CommunityVotes network at huntsvilleal.communityvotes.com. Its 2026 nominations start Friday, September 4, at 6 a.m., per the live site. A category list, vote cap, and closing date are not published; confirm all three on the live site.

CommunityVotes Mobile

CommunityVotes Mobile is the 2026 Community Voting Awards Platform serving Mobile, Alabama, where residents nominate and vote for the local businesses, people and services they favor. The ballot lives at mobile.communityvotes.com and is run by CommunityVotes with a local partner. Nominations for the 2026 cycle begin Friday September 4 at 6:00 am, followed by a voting stretch and a winners announcement. Editions are on file for 2024, 2025 and 2026, making this a recurring Mobile tradition.

CommunityVotes Montgomery

CommunityVotes Montgomery is the community favorites ballot for Montgomery, Alabama, hosted on the CommunityVotes platform at montgomeryal.communityvotes.com and operated with a local partner. This business best-of program has editions covering 2025 and 2026. Nominations for the 2026 cycle begin Friday, September 4 at 6:00 am. The voting close date and the category list go unstated on the site.

CommunityVotes Tuscaloosa

CommunityVotes Tuscaloosa is Tuscaloosa's official Community Voting Awards Platform, operated by CommunityVotes together with a local partner in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The 2026 cycle is live and nominations begin Friday September 4 at 6:00 am. Both 2025 and 2026 count as confirmed cycles, and the program describes itself as an annual fixture where locals vote for their favorites every year.

Decatur Daily Best Of The Best

Decatur Daily Best Of The Best is The Decatur Daily's readers-choice business ballot for Decatur, Alabama, run on the Second Street contest platform at decatur.secondstreetapp.com. Archived ballot pages confirm editions in 2016, 2024, and 2025, with voting held each September and the categories the ballot lists. Exact day-level dates for the current cycle: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Design Awards

AIA Birmingham, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, runs the Design Awards in Birmingham, Alabama to recognize excellence in architectural design by architects. The program pairs juried Honor and Merit Awards with a People's Choice Award decided by online voting, and the 2020 ballot drew more than 5,000 votes. Editions are confirmed across 2019 through 2026, with the chapter's ceremony falling on July 28 in the current cycle. The ballot lives on the chapter's own site rather than a contest platform, which sets it apart from the reader's choice polls that share the Birmingham market.

Diy Crafts A61876325 Peoples Choice Country Awards

Alabama supporters engage with the Diy Crafts A61876325 Peoples Choice Country Awards hosted by Country Living. This annual program features public voting on the publisher domain. Confirmed edition years include 2023, 2024, and 2025. Voting concludes late summer, specifically Friday, August 23, according to page text. Other Alabama programs like <a href="/usa/alabama/about-town-birmingham-best-of/">About Town's Best of Birmingham</a> operate separately.

Fan Gadsden Times Area Postseason Football Coach of the Year

The Gadsden Times runs a fan vote naming an area postseason football coach of the year after each Alabama high school season. Crowdsignal's poll.fm host carries the ballot, and 2023 and 2024 are the confirmed cycles, with voting falling in December. The most recent poll has closed. The newspaper prints no precise window dates, category structure or per-supporter limit, so readers should rely on the live ballot when a new edition appears.

Fan Gadsden Times Flag Football Preseason Player of the Year

The Gadsden Times invites its readers to pick a preseason flag football player of the year through a public fan vote hosted by Crowdsignal. The ballot has run in 2023 and again in 2024, and the latest one closed on August 20th at noon CT according to the newspaper's own announcement. This reference page gathers the ballot's mechanics, its market and what the organizer leaves unpublished.

Fan the Gadsden Times Preseason High School Football Player of the Year

The Gadsden Times, an Alabama newspaper, runs a fan vote each August that names its preseason football honoree among area players. The paper hosts the ballot on Crowdsignal, at the poll.fm platform, and any reader can click a nominee and submit the form. Editions are confirmed for 2023 and for 2024. The dates the poll opens and closes, the category roster and the per-voter rule are not printed in advance, so supporters check the live ballot when the preseason round returns.

Fan Tuscaloosa News Football Player of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News asks readers across Tuscaloosa, Alabama to crown the year's top high school football player with a reader ballot that Crowdsignal hosts through poll.fm. The ballot ran in 2023 and again in 2024, with voting falling in December. The most recent ballot closed at noon on Monday, January 19, and readers may cast one vote per person each day.

Fan vote for The Tuscaloosa News' preseason high school football player of the year

Readers of The Tuscaloosa News pick a preseason player of the year for area football through the Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm/14235560. Confirmed rounds ran in 2023 and 2024, each window falling in August in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The newest poll now shows a closed heading, the newspaper has named no return date, and fresh dates will surface on the ballot itself.

For Microgravity At Sxsw

Help Huntsville earn a conference spot. The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber hosts a public ballot run on the chamber's own website, backing a microgravity panel pitched with Sierra Space, Rhodium Scientific and SustainSpace, aimed at the SXSW Technology conference in 2022. The confirmed community voting window ran August 5-24, 2021, and the program runs as an annual chamber fixture.

Gadsden Times Boys Basketball Fan Vote Player of the Year

The Gadsden Times, the daily paper in Gadsden, Alabama, invites readers to crown a boys basketball season MVP by fan ballot. Where the state's other high school ballots rotate weekly honorees, this one names a single season-end honoree. The vote sits on poll.fm, Crowdsignal's polling service, and the 2026 window ran through March, ending Tuesday, March 31 at noon CT.

Gadsden Times Fan Choice Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Fan choice voting for boys soccer Player of the Year comes from The Gadsden Times, which opens a public ballot each June across its Northeast Alabama coverage area. Supporters vote on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, once each day, with the 2026 window closing June 10 at noon CT. Thirty-three nominees from schools such as Guntersville, Hokes Bluff and Collinsville appear on the ballot. Editions are confirmed for 2023, 2025 and 2026, and the exact opening day of each new round is something supporters confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Gadsden Times Girls Athlete of the Year

Unlike the weekly player-of-the-week ballots run by the same publisher, the Gadsden Times Girls Athlete of the Year is a single annual honor decided by public vote on Crowdsignal. The program covers the 2024-25 school year and is hosted by The Gadsden Times in Alabama.

Gadsden Times Postseason Boys Basketball Player of the Year

The Gadsden Times, the Alabama daily based in Gadsden, hands its readers a season-ending boys basketball honor decided entirely by public vote. Crowdsignal carries that ballot at poll.fm, the confirmed window falls in March, and the 2023 and 2025 runs are the confirmed editions. The paper's fan-vote instruction asks participants to vote once each day, while the exact opening and closing dates stay unprinted until the poll goes up.

Gadsden Times Preseason Baseball Player of the Year Poll

Run by The Gadsden Times of Gadsden, Alabama, this preseason player of the year vote for high school baseball takes place on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, with the confirmed window falling in February. Editions are confirmed for 2022 and 2025. Exact window dates, ballot rules and the category roster are not published in advance; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

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.

MileSplit Alabama Boys Performer of the Week

MileSplit Alabama invites readers each week to name the top boys performer in Alabama high school track and cross country. The vote is hosted by Crowdsignal on poll.fm, and the Jun. 15-21 poll already shows as closed. Seasons ran in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Every poll closes Friday at 2 p.m. ET, while the category roster and any voting limits go unlisted on the poll itself.

MileSplit Alabama Girls Performer of the Week

MileSplit runs the Alabama Girls Performer of the Week, a weekly vote for high school girls track and cross country across Alabama. Crowdsignal hosts each ballot under a poll.fm address, and the June edition ran from Jun. 15 to Jun. 21 before closing. Voting ends at 2 p.m. ET on Friday. Seasons are confirmed in 2024, 2025 and 2026. The ballot page prints no rules sheet, so the category list, eligibility and any cap on one supporter's votes stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Now For The Best College Marching Band In Alabama (wtug)

WTUG-FM, the Tuscaloosa R&B station, invites listeners across Alabama to pick the state's best college marching band on a ballot it publishes itself. The 2021 edition posted results on Thursday, March 4, 2021, and the vote has returned in every edition year through 2026. This page sets out who runs the poll, when it has run, how a supporter takes part, and how it differs from the readers' choice contests published by Alabama newspapers and local platforms.

People People's Choice Player of the Year

Unlike the weekly Alabama ballots beside it, the People People's Choice Player of the Year settles its award through one public vote instead of a rolling series. The organizer is People and the ballot sits on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Editions are confirmed for 2023 and 2026, with the voting window falling in June. The 2026 poll closed at 70 percent to 30 percent between nominees from Hewitt-Trussville and Orange Beach.

People's Choice Award Exhibit

AIA North Alabama runs the People's Choice Award Exhibit, a public-vote award sponsored by the Alabama Concrete Industries Association. Voting happens in person at Gallery 1019 inside Lowe Mill in Huntsville, Alabama, from June 13th through June 28th during Lowe Mill's Public Hours, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. Visitors cast ballots by scanning the QR code posted at the gallery. Confirmed cycles for the exhibit are 2025 and 2026.

Plainsman's Choice

Plainsman's Choice is the best-of awards ballot run by The Auburn Plainsman, the newspaper in Auburn, Alabama. Readers vote on the paper's own website, theplainsman.com, choosing a favorite in each category. Confirmed editions ran in 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026, and the 2023 voting window fell in April. The paper describes the program as highlighting the best places, events and activities in Auburn. The paper publishes no advance calendar with the days each cycle opens and closes, so supporters check the live section page when a new round starts.

Snowplow Naming Contest

The City of Mobile runs Snowplow Naming Contest, a best-of style public ballot hosted on the organizer's own site. Edition activity appears across 2024 and 2025, and voting windows in February are cited on the source page. Visit the live ballot for current rules and timing.

The Birmingham News Huntsville Times Player of the Week

The Birmingham News runs the Huntsville Times Player of the Week, a high school sports ballot for Alabama readers hosted on Crowdsignal's poll.fm service. Confirmed seasons ran in 2023 and 2025, with voting windows spanning September through November. Each weekly round asks which player earned the honor, and exact round dates are not printed in advance, so supporters should check the live ballot when a new week opens.

The Cunningham Bounds Coastal Player of the Week

A weekly poll.fm ballot that names coastal Alabama high school football players and lets the public pick the Cunningham Bounds Coastal Player of the Week. Cunningham Bounds Coastal organizes it and Crowdsignal hosts it. Confirmed editions exist for 2023 and 2025. The 2025 rounds ran between August and November, and the latest published poll on the series is marked closed.

The Gadsden Times Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year

The Gadsden Times Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year operates in Gadsden, Alabama. The Gadsden Times organizes this annual public vote using Crowdsignal. Confirmed edition years include 2023 and 2025. Supporters cast ballots for high school student athletes. Future windows depend on the publisher schedule.

The Gadsden Times Midseason Football Player of the Year

The Gadsden Times lets readers pick a Midseason Football Player of the Year from a field of high school nominees across its Alabama coverage area. Supporters cast their choice through Crowdsignal's poll.fm form, and the 2025 round stayed open through Monday, Oct. 6 at noon CT. Confirmed seasons cover 2023, 2024 and 2025, with September the voting month each time.

The Montgomery Advertiser Boys Athlete of the Week Presented by Vance Law Firm

The Montgomery Advertiser Boys Athlete of the Week Presented by Vance Law Firm is a weekly fan vote on Montgomery-area high school sports, run by the Montgomery Advertiser in Montgomery, Alabama. The current ballot opened Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, and closes at noon on Thursday, Sept. 24, with the ballot hosted by Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Confirmed editions run from 2022 through 2026, with a fresh ballot posted most weeks of the high school sports year.

The Tuscaloosa News High School Girl Track and Field Athlete of the Year

This annual public vote from The Tuscaloosa News crowns a top girl track and field athlete in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area. Voting runs in March on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, with confirmed editions in 2022 and 2025, and the 2025 poll has closed. Exact window dates, ballot categories and any vote cap are not printed ahead of time; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

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.

Tuscaloosa News Boys Athlete of the Year

Run by The Tuscaloosa News, this award lets readers pick the top high school boys athlete of the school year in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Crowdsignal hosts the ballot on its poll.fm domain. Two cycles have run so far, 2025 and 2026, each with its voting window inside June and July. The 2026 poll has already closed, and the newspaper prints no category breakdown or per-person limit on the ballot.

Tuscaloosa News Boys Tennis Player of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News hands its Boys Tennis Player of the Year award to whoever wins a reader ballot on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. The tennis vote has run in 2025 and 2026, and the newspaper treats it as an annual part of its high school sports coverage. In 2026 a preseason nomination round closed at noon on Tuesday, February 10, and the main tennis round closed at noon on Thursday, July 2. The ballot serves the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, high school tennis community.

Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote AISA-AHSAA Class 3A Football Coach of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News asks readers to pick a head coach, not a player, in this small-school football award. The ballot honors the AISA-AHSAA Class 3A classification, and voting runs through the poll.fm service Crowdsignal provides. The 2025 and 2026 editions are both confirmed, and the 2026 voting window falls in January. The 2025 ballot is already marked closed on the voting page.

Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote Boys Basketball Player of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News, the daily paper in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, lets readers decide its Fan Vote Boys Basketball Player of the Year on the Crowdsignal platform poll.fm. The 2025 and 2026 editions are both confirmed, each live during March, and the 2026 poll has closed. The paper has not published exact opening and closing days, the coming nominee roster, or any per-supporter rule, so check the live ballot each cycle.

Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote Boys Cross Country Player of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News runs this boys cross country award for its Tuscaloosa, Alabama readership, and voting happens on a Crowdsignal poll reachable at poll.fm. The confirmed 2025 edition window ran January 9 through January 16, 2026, closing at noon on Friday, January 16. Edition years on file are 2025 and 2026, and the paper treats the award as an annual piece of its All-Area coverage. The page below gathers the window, the host, the mechanic and the gaps the ballot leaves unstated.

Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote Cross Country Coach of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News runs a reader award naming a Cross Country Coach of the Year for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area. Its ballot lives on the poll.fm polling service run by Crowdsignal, numbered 16490822 in the current cycle, and voting stays open until noon on Friday, January 16. Confirmed editions so far cover 2025 and 2026. The ballot names coaches from area schools, and readers cast public votes for their pick. The organizer has not published the full list of ballot categories or any per-voter limit, so readers should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote Volleyball Player of the Year

Tuscaloosa News Fan Vote Volleyball Player of the Year is a public ballot from The Tuscaloosa News in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Crowdsignal (poll.fm) hosts the ballot. Confirmed program years are 2025 and 2026, while exact voting dates, categories, eligibility and vote limits confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Tuscaloosa News Girls Soccer Player of the Year

The Tuscaloosa News publishes a girls soccer player of the year award ballot for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama high school market, carried on Crowdsignal through poll.fm. Local coaches nominate the players, and readers pick the winner in a straightforward public vote. Both the 2025 and 2026 cycles produced confirmed editions. The 2026 round closed at noon on Thursday, June 25, and the ballot page now shows that poll as closed.

Tuscaloosa News Preseason Boy Golfer Player of the Year Poll

The Tuscaloosa News runs the 'Tuscaloosa News Preseason Boy Golfer Player of the Year Poll', a sport ballot hosted on Crowdsignal (poll.fm) for Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Editions confirmed in the entry include 2023 and 2025; exact voting windows and per-voter rules require the live poll page.

Tuscaloosa News Preseason Softball Player of the Year

Each February, The Tuscaloosa News invites readers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to name a preseason softball player of the year in a fan ballot carried on Crowdsignal. The 2026 edition ran February 18 through February 25, closing at noon on the final day, and a 2025 ballot preceded it. Nominees are high school players from the Tuscaloosa area. The paper has printed no nominee criteria and no repeat-vote rule; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Vote for Alabama Flag Football Player of the Week Quarterfinals

Alabama Flag runs a statewide public vote that names a flag football player of the week in Alabama, with a quarterfinal ballot carried on Crowdsignal through poll.fm. Unlike the tackle football and basketball ballots from the same family of programs, this one covers flag football only. Editions from 2023 and 2025 appear on the historical list, and the voting season has carried from August through November. Printed opening and closing dates for any given round do not appear on the ballot, so supporters should read the live poll for itself.

Vote for Gadsden Times' fan choice Tennis Player of the Year

The Gadsden Times invites readers to crown a fan choice Tennis Player of the Year from high school nominees across Northeast Alabama. The ballot is carried by Crowdsignal through its poll.fm domain, and the 2026 edition accepted votes from July 3 through July 10, 2026, closing at noon CT on Friday, July 10. Confirmed editions run in 2022 and 2026, and a supporter may vote once a day while a poll is open.

Vote for the Etowah County Football Player of the Year

A fan-voted honor naming a football player of the year for Etowah County, Alabama, hosted by Crowdsignal on its poll.fm domain. Confirmed editions sit in 2022 and 2026, and the 2026 voting window fell in January. The ballot lists nominees drawn from schools across the county, and supporters simply pick a name and submit. The organizer has printed no nomination round, no stated rule on voting twice, and no eligibility criteria anywhere the public can read them.

Vote for the Gadsden Times Preseason Boys Soccer Player of the Year

The Gadsden Times asks its readers across Gadsden and northeast Alabama to pick a Preseason Boys Soccer Player of the Year on a Crowdsignal ballot hosted at poll.fm. Edition years confirmed for this fan vote are 2023, 2025 and 2026. The publisher's own article set the 2026 close for Wednesday, June 10 at noon CT, with supporters able to vote once each day. The nominee list spans schools such as Boaz, Albertville, Collinsville, Hokes Bluff, Southside and Gadsden.

Vote for The Montgomery Advertiser's Girls Athlete of the Week presented by Vance Law Firm

The Montgomery Advertiser's Girls Athlete of the Week, presented by Vance Law Firm, runs as a readers' fan vote carried through Crowdsignal's poll.fm service. It covers girls high school sport in the Montgomery, Alabama area and is organized by the Montgomery Advertiser. The current voting window opened Sunday, Sept. 13 and closes Thursday, Sept. 17 at noon, and the publisher has confirmed editions every year from 2022 through 2026.

Vote for Tuscaloosa News Boys Athlete of the Week

Each week of the high school sports year, The Tuscaloosa News hands its readers a fresh boys athlete ballot covering the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area. The poll runs on Crowdsignal through poll.fm. Confirmed editions span 2021 through 2026, and the newest window covered Aug. 29 to Sept. 4 with a noon Thursday close.

Vote for Tuscaloosa News Girls Athlete of the Week

The Tuscaloosa News runs a girls high school Athlete of the Week public vote for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, and the ballot lives on Crowdsignal's poll.fm service. Confirmed editions appear in 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and the publisher's own coverage states that voting lasts until noon on the Thursday after the performance window. The poll linked here is the latest confirmed ballot in the weekly series.

Weimaraner Rescue of the South's 2026 Calendar Contest

Weimaraner Rescue of the South, a rescue group based in Birmingham, Alabama, runs a photo vote each year to fill its rescue calendar. The 2026 edition is hosted on GoGo Photo Contest, where supporters pay one dollar per vote and the photo with the most votes takes the calendar cover. Editions are confirmed every year from 2017 through 2026. Window dates, categories and the rules on repeat voting are not printed in the materials at hand, so check the live ballot before planning a push.

Who is the People's Choice Player of the Year

The People's Choice Player of the Year ballot lets Alabama readers pick the state's top high school football player in a fan vote. The People runs it on Crowdsignal's poll.fm domain, and its confirmed years cover 2023 and 2026. The most recent poll voted in June, closed, and ended with a seventy to thirty split between its two nominees.

Who should be the Cunningham Bounds Coastal Player of the Week

Cunningham Bounds Coastal runs a weekly player of the week poll for coastal Alabama schools on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Balloting falls between August and November, and the series has confirmed runs in 2023 and 2025. The current ballot lives at a poll.fm address, and each round closes after a short run. Round calendars, category breakdowns and repeat-voting rules are not printed by the organizer, so supporters should read the live ballot before voting.

Who should be the Huntsville Times Player of the Week

The Huntsville Times Player of the Week poll lets readers pick a standout high school athlete in the Huntsville, Alabama area. The Birmingham News runs the ballot on the Crowdsignal widget, and 2023 and 2025 stand as the confirmed seasons, with voting concentrated between September and November. The current slate and rules sit on the live poll page itself.

Montgomery Humane Society Pet Photo Contest

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For Montgomery, Alabama, the Montgomery Humane Society runs its own Pet Photo Contest through GoGo Photo Contest, hosted at gogophotocontest.com/montgomeryhumane. The confirmed 2026 voting window opens June 1 and closes July 31. No ballot category list or per-voter cap appears on that page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

Montgomery Humane Society Pet Photo Contest

A charity photo ballot for pets, run by the Montgomery Humane Society in Montgomery, Alabama and carried by GoGo Photo Contest. The twenty-eighth annual round opened at midnight Central time on June 1, 2026 and closed at 6:00 PM Central on Friday, July 31, 2026. Each $1.00 donation to the shelter counted as a vote, and the top photos earned spots in the organization's 2027 calendar.