Arkansas Online Voting Contests

Arkansas High School Athlete of the Week

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

SBLive / High School on SI runs a free statewide fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/arkansas covering every Arkansas Activities Association sport — football through track — weekly throughout the school year. No account needed. The poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m., and automated votes are explicitly prohibited and result in athlete disqualification.

Arkansas High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive statewide fan vote for the best Arkansas boys basketball performance of the week. Editors nominate; anyone can vote with no account; the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT. Two confirmed 2025 winners — Peyton Hicks of Genoa Central (75%) and Ta'Ron Hurst of Earle (60%) — both come from small, rural programs, not the 6A powers the bracket sheets might lead you to expect.

Arkansas High School Football Player of the Week

The SBLive / High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best Arkansas prep football performance of the week. Editors nominate across all seven AAA classifications, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT — the same night most casual voters have already moved on.

Arkansas High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

SBLive / High School on SI runs a free statewide fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/arkansas/girls-basketball each week of the Arkansas basketball season (January through March). Editors choose the nominees from the weekend's stat lines; anyone can vote with no account, no limit. The ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT, and automated scripts are explicitly prohibited by the organizer.

Arkansas High School Player of the Year

Statewide Arkansas · High School on SI / SBLive (si.com/high-school/arkansas); ArkansasPrepSports.com

Annual statewide fan-vote at si.com/high-school/arkansas, run by High School on SI / SBLive, naming the top Arkansas prep athlete in each major sport at season's end. ArkansasPrepSports.com runs parallel regional Player of the Year polls presented by Shelter Insurance. No account required; unlimited votes, no scripts allowed.

Arkansas SBLive Athlete of the Week: Spring

Statewide Arkansas · SI / High School on SI (SBLive Sports)

SBLive Sports / High School on SI folds Arkansas's spring prep sports into one combined Athlete of the Week ballot at si.com/high-school/arkansas: baseball, softball, track, golf, tennis, and soccer nominees share the same weekly poll. The organizer's softball page confirms that coverage. Free to vote, no account required; confirm close time on the live post.

Arkansas SBLive Boys Basketball Player of the Week

Statewide Arkansas · SI / High School on SI (SBLive Sports)

A weekly winter fan poll from SI's High School on SI (SBLive Sports desk), recognizing one standout Arkansas prep boys basketball performance. Four straight 2025 editions (Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, and Feb. 3) are confirmed live and separate from SBLive's Arkansas girls basketball series. Nominations come from coaches, fans, and readers; no account is needed to cast a vote.

Arkansas SBLive Football Player of the Week

Statewide Arkansas · SI / High School on SI (SBLive Sports)

A weekly statewide fan vote from SI's High School on SI (SBLive Sports desk), picking one standout Arkansas prep football performance each Friday-night slate. Ballots post as dated articles, closing every Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Typical polls settle between 2,000 and 10,000 votes; nominations route through @SBLiveARK on X.

Arkansas SBLive Girls Basketball Player of the Week

Statewide Arkansas · SI / High School on SI (SBLive Sports)

A weekly winter fan poll from SI's High School on SI (SBLive Sports desk), recognizing one standout Arkansas prep girls basketball performance. The ballot runs separate from SBLive's Arkansas boys basketball series, mirroring the gender-split structure SBLive already runs in Mississippi. Anyone can cast a ballot in the on-page widget without registering first.

FOX16 Fearless Friday Awards Fan Vote

FOX16 / KLRT (Nexstar) covers Arkansas high school football all season under the Fearless Friday banner and closes the year with a statewide Fearless Friday Awards fan vote, including a Fan Vote Winner category and a crowd-picked Play of the Year decided through FOX16's "Sound Off" feature. The program has run annual awards pages in both 2024 and 2025.

KAIT Region 8 Athlete of the Month

KAIT / K8 News runs a free monthly fan-vote poll at kait8.com for Region 8, Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri, naming a Boys Athlete of the Month and a Girls Athlete of the Month in separate ballots covering every sport. Nominations open the 1st–15th, voting runs the 16th through the end of the month, and the program has run every school year since at least 2022.

NWA Democrat-Gazette Athlete of the Week

Bentonville-Springdale-Fayetteville corridor · NWA Democrat-Gazette (nwaonline.com)

NWA Democrat-Gazette's Prep Rally Sports vertical publishes a weekly high school athlete feature for the Bentonville, Springdale, and Fayetteville corridor at nwaonline.com/sports/prep/. Northwest Arkansas is one of the country's fastest-growing metro areas, home to Walmart's headquarters and the Walton family's Crystal Bridges Museum. Voting format and deadlines are set post by post, not standardized site-wide.

Southwest Times Record Athlete of the Week (Fort Smith)

Fort Smith · Southwest Times Record

Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith's daily paper, features a River Valley high school Athlete of the Week tied to its prep-sports coverage and Facebook page @SWTimesRecord. No published vote cap or nomination email is confirmed here. The live post at swtimesrecord.com governs the current week's rules.

Arkansas Business Best of Biz

Arkansas Business Magazine's Readers' Choice Best of Biz awards, published at arkansasbusiness.com, cover a mix of B2B and consumer categories including accountants, dry cleaners, transportation, and restaurants. It's the fourth statewide readers-choice ballot in Arkansas, and the only one run by a business trade publication rather than a lifestyle title, a daily paper, or an alt-weekly.

Arkansas Times Best of Arkansas

Arkansas Times' statewide readers-choice awards, now in its fourth decade after a 30th year in 2025, voted at vote.arktimes.com with results and history archived at arktimes.com/best-of-arkansas. The 2026 ballot leans heavily food and restaurant, with entertainment, arts, and a catch-all "Best of the Rest" category.

ArkansasOnline Best of the Best

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's ArkansasOnline runs Best of the Best, the state's largest daily paper's annual readers-choice program, voted at bestofthebest.arkansasonline.com with a companion hub at arkansasonline.com/bestof2025/. The 2026 edition is confirmed open, and categories span both businesses and individual people.

AY's Best of Arkansas

AY Magazine's (AY About You) statewide readers-choice awards, covering categories such as medical professionals, restaurants, florists, legal services, and wellness. Arkansans nominate businesses each January, then vote for five finalists per category at aymag.com from February 24 through March 24, drawing from a small-business base the magazine puts at 280,000-plus.

Best of Northeast Arkansas

Jonesboro Media Group's annual readers-choice business awards for Northeast Arkansas, spanning 215 categories with public voting at vote.bestofnea.com after a nomination round.

Best of NWA

The NWA Democrat-Gazette's Northwest Arkansas readers-choice contest, voted daily at votebestnwa.com with program details at bestnwa.com, across 11 sections from Agriculture to Things to Do. The November 2024 cycle was billed as the contest's largest-ever, with winners published annually in a magazine.

Best of River Valley

Annual River Valley Democrat-Gazette readers-choice business awards across the Fort Smith / Russellville region, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting at votebestofrivervalley.com.

CommunityVotes Fayetteville

Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business ballot for Fayetteville, Arkansas, run at fayettevillear.communityvotes.com with a nominate-then-vote cycle covering Washington County and the wider Northwest Arkansas market.

CommunityVotes Fort Smith

Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business ballot for Fort Smith, Arkansas, run at fortsmith.communityvotes.com with a nominate-then-vote cycle and its own 2026 nomination window separate from every other Arkansas best-of program.

NWA Parade of Homes People's Choice

Home Builders Association of NW Arkansas's People's Choice vote at nwaparadeofhomes.com, decided by free e-ticket holders touring the Bentonville-Fayetteville luxury home market each June, with winners announced across multiple price categories.