Alaska Online Voting Contests

Alaska High School Athlete of the Week

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

Statewide fan-vote polls for Alaska prep athletes published throughout the ASAA sports calendar at si.com/high-school/alaska by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive). Free, unlimited manual votes, no account required; automated voting prohibited. Covers all 219 ASAA member schools across 4A–1A.

Alaska High School Player of the Year

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

Annual sport-specific fan-vote award at si.com/high-school/alaska by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive). Free, unlimited manual votes, no account required; one poll per sport per season; covers all ASAA classifications statewide. Automated voting prohibited.

Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Public Ballot

Statewide Alaska · Alaska Sports Hall of Fame

The annual public ballot run by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame each November, where anyone ranks 5 People and 3 Moments from a panel-selected field of 49 candidates. The combined public result counts as one weighted vote inside the Selection Panel, not a standalone popularity contest. Inductees are honored each April at the Anchorage Museum. Statewide, all sports, all eras.

Alaska's News Source Student Athlete of the Week

Anchorage / Eagle River / Chugiak · Alaska's News Source (KTUU-TV / KYES-TV)

Free weekly fan vote run by Alaska's News Source (KTUU/KYES, the NBC and MyNetworkTV affiliates covering Southcentral Alaska) at alaskasnewssource.com/sports/athlete-of-the-week, spotlighting one standout from Anchorage, Eagle River, and Chugiak-area high schools. No account or purchase required to cast a ballot.

Anchorage Daily News High School Sports

Statewide Alaska · Anchorage Daily News (adn.com)

Anchorage Daily News's prep-sports coverage at adn.com/section/sports/high-school-sports, spotlighting standout Alaska high school athletes statewide — from Fairbanks to Ketchikan, not just the Anchorage TV market — through profile features with an embedded reader poll. No account required to take part.

Fat Bear Week, Katmai National Park

The single-elimination public bracket vote for Katmai National Park's fattest brown bear, run every autumn by Katmai National Park, Katmai Conservancy, and explore.org. Free public voting, no account required. The 2024 bracket drew 1.2 million votes from more than 100 countries, the highest-turnout public vote confirmed anywhere in Alaska.

2025 Art Contest Voting

The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center runs the 2025 Art Contest Voting page on its own website, where the public chooses the next piece of artwork featured on merchandise in the Be Wild Gift Shop. Voting runs October 16 through October 31, closing at midnight on the final day, and supporters may cast only one vote per age category. Three editions are on file: 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Alaska Chamber Premier Business Awards

Alaska Chamber Premier Business Awards is the state's oldest business-recognition program, running more than 60 years and listed at alaskachamber.com/awards/. It comes from the statewide Chamber itself, not a newspaper or magazine, which sets it apart from Best of Alaska, Best of Alaska Business, and Best of Juneau.

Anchorage Daily News Best of Alaska

Anchorage Daily News's annual Best of Alaska readers-choice program, voted statewide at adnbestofalaska.com/vote across restaurant, service, outdoor, and retail categories, with 2025 results published in an Issuu magazine and future cycle dates and caps confirmed only on the live ballot.

Best of Alaska

Annual Anchorage Daily News readers-choice awards covering statewide Alaska businesses, with open nominations and public community voting at adnbestofalaska.com.

Best of Alaska Business

Alaska Business Magazine's annual B2B reader survey at akbizmag.com, a March vote across 40+ trade categories with winners toasted each summer at Anchorage Brewing Co. — separate from Anchorage Daily News's consumer Best of Alaska ballot.

Best of Homer 2025

Homer · Homer News

Homer, Alaska's Best of Homer readers' ballot has four confirmed editions, 2023 through 2026, organized by Homer News on Second Street at homernews2.secondstreetapp.com. The 2025 cycle combined nominations and voting on one page, open September 19 through October 27. A category list and a per-voter limit are not printed on that confirmed ballot; both need checking fresh each cycle.

Best of Juneau

Elite Insights' annual Juneau readers-choice awards, voted per business at bestofjuneau.org across Entertainment, General Services, Food & Beverage, and Shopping, with winners published each year in an Issuu magazine.

Best of the Valley

Best of the Valley is the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman's annual reader's choice ballot for the Mat-Su Valley region of Alaska. Readers nominate local businesses on the newspaper's own website, then return to vote for the finalists. The 2026 cycle carried a nomination period through May 28 and voting from June 1 through June 7. Confirmed editions show in 2021 and 2026, and the paper also staged its Toast of the Town awards night tied to the program.

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Readers' Choice Awards

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner's annual Readers' Choice Awards for Interior Alaska, a public online ballot across food, service, and retail categories at newsminer.com/readers_choice.

Great Alaskan Coffee Roaster Competition

The Great Alaskan Coffee Roaster Competition is a public-vote tasting event run by the Alaska State Fair during the 2026 fair season, which runs from August 21 through September 7, 2026. Supporters choose the best roasted coffee in Alaska while listening to local music, and tasting and voting take place from noon to 4pm. The 2025 and 2026 editions are both confirmed.

People's Choice Club Photo Contest

The People's Choice Club Photo Contest is a public-vote photography ballot run by the Alaska State Fair, a private nonprofit based in Palmer, Alaska. The confirmed 2026 voting window runs from August 21 through September 7, 2026, opening at 11:00 am at the June Tull 4-H Building. A 2025 edition is also on file, and the fair treats the contest as a recurring part of its program. The ballot lives on the fair's own site, and the category list and any per-voter rule are not printed there.

Anchorage Parade of Homes People's Choice

The Anchorage Home Builders Association puts a People's Choice ballot on its Parade of Homes, the association's own home tour for Anchorage, Alaska. The ballot sits on ahba.net, the organizer's website, and confirmed editions run from 2020 through 2026. The organizer's tour page calls the September Parade of Homes its premiere tour event. The organizer does not publish the vote's opening and closing days ahead of each cycle.