California Online Voting Contests

Bee's Best: Modesto Bee Softball Player of the Year

The Modesto Bee's own "Bee's Best" softball award, distinct from the Fresno Bee's weekly multi-sport version. Coaches nominate using MaxPreps stats, then the public votes. The 2026 poll is confirmed active and closes June 24, 2026, covering the Central Valley and Sac-Joaquin Section.

California High School Baseball Player of the Week

High School on SI (SBLive) runs two separate California prep baseball fan votes: a statewide poll covering all 1,700 CIF programs that closes Saturday 11:59 p.m. PT, and a Southern California playoff-specific poll that runs concurrently through the CIF Southern Section postseason. Both are unlimited manual votes with no account required.

California High School Baseball Player of the Year

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

Annual statewide fan-vote watchlist award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/california, recognising the top CIF spring-season baseball player across NorCal and SoCal. Free to vote, no account needed, editorial final selection.

California High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

The High School on SI (SBLive) statewide fan vote for the top California boys basketball performance of the week. Editors at si.com set a field of roughly 20 nominees, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same deadline that drives CIF postseason weeks into overnight surges.

California High School Football Player of the Week

Statewide football-only fan poll published weekly by High School on SI (SBLive) at si.com, drawing 26–34 nominees from every CIF section across California. Eimesse Essis of Tustin won the Oct 17–19 week. Unlimited manual votes; automated scripts prohibited. Closes Monday 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

California High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best California girls basketball performance of the week. Twenty nominees drawn from every CIF section, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a tighter window than the football polls.

California High School Player of the Year

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

Annual sport-specific statewide award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/california. Fan-vote watchlists cover boys and girls basketball, baseball, softball, football, and more across all CIF sections — NorCal and SoCal. Editorial staff name the final award; fan voting shapes the watchlist spotlight.

California High School Softball Player of the Week

High School on SI (SBLive) runs a statewide fan vote for the best California prep softball performance each week. Editors pick 10 nominees from across all CIF sections — NorCal and SoCal combined — and anyone can vote with no account. The ballot closes Saturday at 11:59 p.m. PT.

California High School Softball Player of the Year

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

Annual statewide fan-vote watchlist award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com/high-school/california, recognising the top CIF spring-season girls softball player across NorCal and SoCal. Free to vote, no account needed, editorial final selection.

Fresno Bee Athlete of the Week

Fresno is one of three McClatchy Bee papers running a weekly prep sports fan vote in California's Central Valley. This one is called "Bee's Best," it pulls nominees from baseball, softball, and track, and any reader can vote free with no account, confirmed live via a Yahoo Sports syndication dated April 2024.

Northern California High School Athlete of the Week

Northern California · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive)

Free weekly fan poll at si.com run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), spotlighting standout prep athletes across seven CIF NorCal sections — Sac-Joaquin, North Coast, Central Coast, Central, Northern, San Francisco, and Oakland. No per-vote cap; automated scripts prohibited. Closes Monday 11:59 p.m. PT.

Sacramento Bee Athlete of the Week

Sacramento · The Sacramento Bee (McClatchy)

The Sacramento Bee (McClatchy) highlights top CIF Sac-Joaquin Section performers each week through editorial recognition. The Sacramento market's active public fan-vote poll is run by SBLive / High School on SI at si.com — free, no account, closes Monday 11:59 p.m. PT — covering Folsom, Elk Grove, Jesuit, Granite Bay, Del Oro, Rocklin, and dozens more.

Southern California Girls High School Athlete of the Week

High School on SI's girls-specific weekly fan vote for Southern California prep standouts. Distinct from the all-gender SoCal poll — this ballot focuses exclusively on girls athletics across CIF Southern Section, LA City Section, and San Diego Section. No account required; closes Saturday or Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific; automated scripts are prohibited and result in athlete disqualification.

Southern California High School Athlete of the Week

Southern California · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive)

Free weekly fan poll at si.com run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) spotlighting prep standouts across CIF Southern Section, LA City Section, and San Diego Section each sports season. No per-vote cap; automated scripts prohibited.

Southern California High School Baseball Player of the Week

Southern California · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

High School on SI's playoff-season fan vote covering the CIF Southern Section — all nine divisions, eight counties, roughly 600 programs — with a Saturday 11:59 p.m. PT close. The statewide California poll runs the regular season; this one runs when the games matter most.

Southern California High School Softball Player of the Week

Southern California · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

The High School on SI / SBLive fan vote for the best CIF Southern Section softball performance of the week. Editors nominate 10 players spanning all nine CIF-SS divisions, anyone votes with no account, and the ballot closes Saturday at 11:59 p.m. PT — a full day before Sunday's statewide softball poll opens its own final hours.

Best Dance And Live Music Clubs

Metro Silicon Valley invites its readers to pick the best dance and live music clubs across Silicon Valley, California. Voting happens on the newspaper's own domain, and the 2026 voting window ran through July. This category has carried confirmed editions every cycle from 2018 onward, and the club that wins the live music slot has taken it repeatedly. The page below explains how a supporter casts a vote and what the organizer has chosen not to print.

Best Galleries And Museums

Best Galleries And Museums is a public-vote category run by Metro Silicon Valley, the South Bay weekly publisher, on its own website. Ballots have appeared every year from 2018 through 2026, and the 2026 voting window sits in July. The publisher prints the category page but not the precise dates or the full rules, so the live ballot is where those details get settled.

Best Mexican Restaurants & Latin Food

Metro Silicon Valley invites California readers across the South Bay to vote for their favorite Mexican and Latin American eateries through its Best Mexican Restaurants & Latin Food ballot. The program runs directly on metrosiliconvalley.com, the weekly's domain, and the 2026 voting window runs through July. Editions are confirmed for 2018 through 2026, and the publisher's pages tie the category back to The Best of Silicon Valley 2012. Exact open and close days, per-voter rules and any promotion rounds are not printed ahead of the ballot, so supporters should read the live form before casting a vote.

Best Movie Performances

Best Movie Performances is TheWrap's year-end public vote on film acting, and the ballot lives at a thewrap.com address for a California readership. Four Decembers carry confirmed editions, 2023 through 2026, and every one of them landed in that month. The 2023 edition highlighted Margot Robbie, Emma Stone and Michael Fassbender among the year's acting MVPs, and the vote sits inside TheWrap's wider year-end best-of coverage.

Best Music Events

Metro Silicon Valley invites its readers to name the region's favorite music events in an annual public poll carried on metrosiliconvalley.com itself, with no outside contest platform involved. The 2026 ballot runs through July 2026, and the publisher's printed rule allows a single vote per person in each category. Nine editions from 2018 through 2026 anchor the program as a recurring summer fixture for Silicon Valley, California.

Best of Central California

The Fresno Bee's annual Best of Central California readers-choice ballot, a nominate-then-vote awards program spanning 300+ categories that drew more than 1.2 million votes and named 713 winning businesses in its 2026 edition.

Best of Central Valley Business

The Business Journal's Best of Central Valley Business runs a reader-vote-only ballot at thebusinessjournal.com/bestofsurvey/, covering Fresno and the Central Valley, with its 12th annual 2025 edition drawing 160,000-plus votes across a September 1 to October 31 window.

Best Of Food Drink 1

Best Of Food Drink 1 is the food and drink slice of the North Bay Bohemian's Best Of readers' picks programme. The weekly paper serves Sonoma and Napa counties in California and hosts the ballot on its own site at bohemian.com. Confirmed editions run in 2012, 2013 and 2026, and the voting window falls in August. It runs as a public vote under a one-vote-per-person rule.

Best of Lodi

The Lodi News-Sentinel's Best of Lodi readers' poll, run at lodinews.com for the San Joaquin County wine-country city, with 100% public participation and no selection committee narrowing the field before voters decide who wins each category. 2026 voting is confirmed running.

Best of Marin

Pacific Sun's Best of Marin runs a direct reader ballot across 100+ categories for Marin County businesses at pacificsun.com/best-of-ballot/, covering towns from Sausalito to Novato. No fixed vote cap or close date is published; confirm current timing on the live site.

Best of North State Community's Choice Awards

Redding, California's own daily newspaper runs the Best of North State Community's Choice Awards at redding.gannettcontests.com on the SecondStreet platform. Four editions are confirmed so far, 2023 through 2026, with the 2026 ballot combining nominations and voting on one page from July 9 through October 1, 2026. Past that window, the paper's own live ballot is what actually settles any category list or vote cap, confirmed fresh each cycle.

Best of OC

Orange Coast Magazine's Best of OC readers-choice program has run since 1974, pairing a public reader vote with editors' picks at orangecoast.com, and now includes Best of OC Legal, a confirmed sub-vertical whose 2026 edition covering legal professionals has already published.

Best of Orange County

The Orange County Register's Best of Orange County readers-choice awards span more than 200 categories across the county's cities, run through separate online nomination and voting rounds, with the 2026 cycle confirmed active in May and the program's public presence currently centered on its Facebook page rather than a dedicated voting microsite.

Best of Parents Press East Bay

Parents’ Press publishes the Best of Parents Press East Bay ballot, an annual readers’ choice program for families in the East Bay part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The ballot is carried on the publisher’s own website. Nomination runs from March through early April, and the second round of final voting runs from mid April through the end of May. Supporters vote separately for each Bay Area region, so an East Bay business is voted on inside its own regional ballot.

Best of Sacramento

Sacramento News & Review's Best of Sacramento pairs a readers' poll with editors' picks at bestofsac.com, a 25-plus-year tradition whose current post-COVID operating status is not confirmed in the public record available here.

Best of San Diego

San Diego Magazine's annual Best of San Diego readers-choice ballot, a public vote spanning more than 200 categories across food, drink, health, and city life at bosdvote.sdmag.com.

Best of San Diego & Best Restaurants

San Diego Magazine's Best of San Diego and Best Restaurants ballot spans roughly 150 categories across food, beauty, home, and travel, with one vote per category per person, fraudulent votes removed, and separate nomination and voting rounds each year ahead of the magazine's live August celebration.

Best of Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara Independent's Best of Santa Barbara readers' poll, voted at bestof.independent.com rather than the paper's main site, spans roughly 221 categories, an unusually wide spread for a single-city ballot, with nominations opening in June, voting running July through August, and results announced each October.

Best of Silicon Valley

Metro Silicon Valley's Best of Silicon Valley is a write-in reader ballot at metrosiliconvalley.com, covering San Jose and the wider Silicon Valley region across more than 200 categories, food and dining, arts, services, nightlife, and cannabis, run by a longtime alt-weekly community institution.

Best of the Bay Readers' Poll

The Best of the Bay Readers' Poll is the San Francisco Bay Area's readers' poll, presented by 48 Hills and the Bay Guardian on the publisher's own domain, sfbg.com. The 2025 voting window ran September 2 to September 31 as the organizer printed them, and confirmed editions cover every year from 2021 through 2026. Readers honor favorite Bay Area people, places and businesses in categories from Best Burrito to Best Politician.

Best of the East Bay

East Bay Express's readers' choice ballot for Oakland, Berkeley, and the wider East Bay, voted online at eastbayexpress.com/best-of-ballot/, capped each year by the alt-weekly's confirmed annual party and awards.

Best of the North Bay

North Bay Bohemian's Best of the North Bay readers-choice program covers Sonoma and Napa counties, run through a nomination round followed by finalist voting across 50 categories in arts, dining, and services, with results published at bohemian.com each year.

Best of the North Coast

The Times-Standard, a California newspaper, organizes Best of the North Coast as a readers' choice ballot for local businesses, hosted on the paper's own website. The ballot address doubles as a users' guide and FAQ set, and the paper reworked the form after reader feedback. Edition years are 2023 and 2026, and voting runs from December into February.

Best Pubs

Best Pubs is the pub-focused slice of Metro Silicon Valley's best-of balloting, hosted on the publisher's own site at metrosiliconvalley.com. The 2026 voting window runs through July, and confirmed editions reach back to 2018 with the publisher tracing the survey line to 2012. Unlike the wide Best of Silicon Valley survey, this ballot concentrates on pubs and bars across Silicon Valley, California.

Best Sports Bars

Metro Silicon Valley runs Best Sports Bars as part of its Best of Silicon Valley readers' choice coverage. The ballot lives on the publisher's own site at metrosiliconvalley.com. Confirmed editions run from 2018 through 2026, and the 2026 voting window is listed for July. Day-level open and close dates, any per-supporter vote rule and eligibility terms are not printed in the material behind this page, so readers should confirm on the live ballot each cycle. The program is a business award in the best-of vertical, decided by public vote across Silicon Valley, California.

Best Theater And Stage

Metro Silicon Valley invites South Bay readers to pick their favorite local theater and stage talent on the weekly's own website. The 2026 ballot is open through July, with the confirmed window running July 1 to July 31, 2026. Editions have run every year from 2018 through 2026, making this a long-running California readers-choice tradition.

Bestof2021

The Best Of Santa Barbara 2021 Readers' Poll is the Santa Barbara Independent's annual readers' choice ballot for Santa Barbara businesses. Voting ran from August 5 through September 1, and winners appeared in the Best Of Santa Barbara issue published October 21. This page explains the ballot, its confirmed window, how supporters vote, and where the organizer's published details end.

Bestof2022 (independent)

The Best of Santa Barbara 2022 Readers' Poll is the annual readers' choice ballot run by the Santa Barbara Independent for its California market. The 2022 cycle opened nominations on June 9 and voting ran from August 4 through August 31. The organizer's FAQ for businesses describes the ballot as covering many categories and sets a minimum number of answers per ballot. Confirmed editions reach back to 2018, with the most recent confirmed run in 2026.

Board of Fur-rectors Photo Contest

The Board of Fur-rectors Photo Contest is a charity photo fundraiser run by Joybound People & Pets of Walnut Creek, California, hosted on GoGo Photo Contest. Unlike the Best of Marin readers ballot, this program elects two honorary Fur-rectors to an animal welfare board. The 2025 voting window ran from April 2 through April 30, 2025, closing at 8 pm Pacific Time, and the program counts 2025 and 2026 as its edition years on an annual footing.

Category Readers Choice

The Category Readers Choice is The Almanac's reader-voted best-of ballot for California, carried on almanacnews.com, the newspaper's own domain. The listed window for the 2026 cycle spans August 2026, and the organizer requires every ballot to name at least five businesses spread across categories. Editions for 2025 and 2026 each carry their own pages, and the precise daily dates are left to the live ballot.

CommunityVotes Escondido

Escondido · CommunityVotes Escondido

CommunityVotes Escondido has confirmed two straight nomination editions, 2025 and 2026, on the CommunityVotes network's dedicated page at escondidoca.communityvotes.com for Escondido, California, in San Diego County. The live 2026 window runs August 19 through December 13. Past that window, this page finds neither a category list nor a vote cap posted. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Rancho Cucamonga

Rancho Cucamonga · CommunityVotes Rancho Cucamonga

CommunityVotes Rancho Cucamonga has confirmed two straight nomination editions, 2025 and 2026, on the CommunityVotes network's dedicated page at ranchocucamonga.communityvotes.com. The live 2026 window runs July 18 through November 8. Past that window, the page shows no category list and no specific vote cap; all the same, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Redwood City

CommunityVotes Redwood City serves Redwood City, California from redwoodcity.communityvotes.com, organized by a partner working locally. Only two rounds have run so far, 2025 and then 2026, and the second one is over, the operator swapped in a winners page during June. Several details never made it onto the site, no breakdown of categories, no stated limit on votes per supporter, and no exact calendar date for either end of the window. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes San Leandro

A San Leandro-based partner runs CommunityVotes San Leandro under the wider CommunityVotes network, publishing at sanleandro.communityvotes.com. This ballot has run twice, once in 2025 and again in 2026, and the 2026 round already wrapped in August. The live page shows posted results and notes that winner awards are being made to order. Category rules, a vote limit and the exact day-level dates all stay off the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Daily Bulletin Readers' Choice

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin's annual readers-choice ballot for San Bernardino County and the wider Inland Empire, hosted on the shared SCNG readerschoice.la platform. It runs as a sister program to the Daily News RC ballot in Los Angeles County, with results published each year in an Issuu digital edition.

Diablo Magazine Best of the East Bay

Diablo Magazine's reader vote for the Contra Costa and Tri-Valley side of the East Bay, covering Danville, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Walnut Creek, cast online at vote.diablomag.com with 2026 voting confirmed active and winners published in the July issue. A separate program from East Bay Express's Oakland-and-Berkeley ballot of the same name.

Fan's choice: Vote for the Tulare County boys basketball player of the year

Tulare County basketball fans choose a boys player of the year through a public ballot on Crowdsignal, reached at poll.fm. Two cycles are on the books, 2025 and 2026, and voting in both landed across January and February. The 2026 poll shows a closed marker, and the organizer prints no dated open or close point anywhere.

For Local Author In Literary Contest

California supporters who follow Z107.7 FM Joshua Tree vote in the For Local Author In Literary Contest, a public-vote ballot run by station KCDZ on its own website. The ballot page names reporter David Haldane and states that voting ends October 31. Confirmed editions appear in 2018 and 2025. The station prints no open date, no category roster and no per-supporter rule, so the live ballot is the authority every cycle.

For Me The Sob

For Me The Sob is an open reader ballot published by OC Weekly for Orange County, California. Its page runs under the title Vote for Me, the SOB! and is hosted by the publisher itself. Editions are confirmed for 2001, 2018 and 2019, with voting falling in November. The precise window dates, the category lineup and any cap on repeat voting go unpublished by OC Weekly, and no year for the next cycle has been announced.

For The Most Inspiring Bodyspace Transformation

Iron Man magazine runs a public vote for the most inspiring BodySpace transformation from its Los Angeles, California base. The ballot lives on ironmanmagazine.com, and voting begins April 9 in the published cycle. Five standout transformations are selected each month for features on the magazine's site. Confirmed editions run across 2022 through 2026. The closing date of the live window, plus any rule on repeat voting, is not printed ahead of time and must be read off the live ballot page when the round opens.

For The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Peoples Choice Award

KSBY, a television station in California, invites readers to pick a favorite among finalist wildlife photographs for the People's Choice branch of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year program. The form sits on ksby.com, and the confirmed 2024 window shut on January 31, 2024, after runs in 2023 and 2024.

Howling Heroes LAFD Calendar Contest

The Howling Heroes LAFD Calendar Contest lets dog owners enter a photo and lets the public vote their favorite pups into a Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation calendar. The Foundation publishes the ballot on GoGo Photo Contest, and confirmed editions run from 2021 through 2025. Support is counted in donations, with each $1.00 given to a dog valued at a single vote, and the 2025 cycle closed with a KTLA results broadcast in July.

Joe Orthodontics High School Athlete of the Week

Each week, this ballot honors a standout high school athlete from California's High Desert. Joe Orthodontics puts its name on the program, and Crowdsignal's poll.fm service carries the voting. A round ends at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night, with unlimited votes permitted and nominations due by Sunday morning after that week's games. Confirmed editions cover 2023 plus 2026, and the live address is poll.fm/17096706.

LA Weekly Best of Los Angeles

Annual LA Weekly readers-choice awards covering Los Angeles businesses, places, and people, with public online voting across 200+ categories.

Marin IJ Readers' Choice

Marin IJ Readers' Choice is the Marin Independent Journal's countywide awards, published as a Readers' Choice special section at marinijreaderschoice.com. The confirmed record describes the publication format; the vote mechanism and category list aren't detailed. It's a separate program from Pacific Sun's and Marin Magazine's county ballots.

Marin Magazine's Best of the County

Marin Magazine's Best of the County is a direct reader vote across eight categories at marinmagazine.com/best-of-the-county/, requiring a 10-vote minimum per business, with winners announced late July. It runs alongside, not instead of, Pacific Sun's and the Marin IJ's separate Marin County ballots.

Miss California International People's Choice Award

Unlike Best of Orange County's countywide business ballot, Miss California International's People's Choice Award is a pageant fan vote, run at misscaliforniainternational.com/vote/ under the title "People's Choice Award 2026 VOTE NOW." Two editions are confirmed, 2022 and 2026, with the current cycle's voting confirmed for November 2026 and the ballot page naming a Friday, November 6, 2026 event in Sacramento. Day-level open and close dates go unpublished on that page, and so does any breakdown of categories or a limit on repeat voting; confirm all three on the live ballot each cycle.

Miss California International People's Choice Award

The Miss California International People's Choice Award is a public-vote honor attached to the Miss California International pageant, run by the pageant's own organizing team on its own website. Voting for the 2026 cycle runs during November 2026, with the pageant event itself set for Friday, November 6, 2026 in Sacramento, California. Confirmed editions appear in 2022 and 2026. Day-level open and close dates, the ballot's category list and any per-supporter voting rule are not published by the organizer; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Norbays Music Awards

The Norbays Music Awards are Pacific Sun's public-vote celebration of North Bay bands, staged in Santa Rosa, California. Unlike the publisher's broad Best of Marin reader's poll, this ballot is built entirely around music. The 2016 cycle closed voting on Monday, Aug. 8 at 12pm, with winners named in the Aug. 10 issue and an awards show at Julliard Park on Aug. 14. Edition years on file run 2016, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Parenting OC Readers' Choice Awards

Parenting OC's 22-year-running Orange County readers' poll, run at parentingoc.com/readers-choice-awards/, leans toward family, education, and household-service categories rather than the broad restaurant-and-retail sweep the county's other major program, the Orange County Register's Best of Orange County, runs separately through its own Facebook page each year.

Puparazzi Photo Calendar Contest

Guide Dogs for the Blind, a California service-dog organization headquartered in San Rafael, runs the Puparazzi Photo Calendar Contest on the GoGo Photo Contest platform. Editions ran in 2023 and 2025, and the 2023 voting window opened Tuesday, April 11 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time and closed Monday, April 17 at 9:00 PM Pacific Time. Each vote cost $1, with repeat voting uncapped.

Readers Picks Arts Culture

East Bay Express invites its readers across Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda to pick favorites in an arts and culture ballot run on the newspaper's own site. The voting window has fallen in May, and editions are confirmed in 2021 and 2026. Exact opening and closing days, the category roster and voting rules belong on the live ballot itself before any push is planned.

Readers Poll Arts Culture 1

This page covers one slice of the East Bay Express Readers' Poll, the arts and culture winners ballot published by the East Bay Express newspaper for Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda in California. Where the regional best-of programs run by other California publishers sit on shared contest platforms, this ballot is published directly on eastbayexpress.com and reports results by named local winner. The confirmed edition years are 2019 and 2026, and the 2026 voting window falls in July.

Readers Poll Food Drink 2 1

The Readers Poll Food Drink 2 1 is a public-vote readers poll run by East Bay Express, the East Bay newspaper whose masthead serves Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda in California. Voting falls in July. Confirmed editions ran in 2018 and 2026, and the ballot is hosted by the newspaper itself rather than on any outside voting service. The paper has not printed day-level open and close dates or any per-supporter voting rule for the current cycle, so those details need to be checked on the live ballot. This page collects what is confirmed, how a supporter takes part, and how this poll sits beside other California best-of ballots.

Readers Poll Goods Services 1

East Bay Express runs the Readers Poll Goods Services 1 ballot as part of its Readers' Poll coverage for Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. Confirmed editions sit in 2019 and 2026, and voting is documented in July. The ballot is published on eastbayexpress.com itself, at a results page for the goods and services slate. The paper prints no day-level schedule for the newest cycle; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Record Searchlight's Midseason Boys Basketball Player of the Year

A midseason honor for California high school boys basketball, organized by the Record Searchlight and decided by readers on a Crowdsignal ballot reached through poll.fm. Nominees are listed by position and school, and the audience picks the winner. The program ran in 2022 and 2026, its two confirmed years, and the window lands in January, midseason. The 2026 ballot has closed. Exact window dates and any repeat-voting rule go unpublished.

Sacramento Favorites

The Sacramento Bee's public nominate-and-vote business ballot across 282 categories, now in its third year, with 2025 turnout topping 275,000 votes and 4,700-plus nominated businesses.

Sprudgie Awards

Sprudge Media's Sprudgie Awards, a global reader nomination and vote for coffee businesses across 13 categories, run at sprudge.com/vote with voting closing each January, and a 17th annual edition confirmed for 2025, unusual for a California-based outlet's award reaching entrants worldwide.

The Animal Pad 2025 Calendar Contest

The Animal Pad 2025 Calendar Contest is an annual dog photo fundraiser organized by The Animal Pad of La Mesa, California and hosted on GoGo Photo Contest. Confirmed editions span 2023 through 2025, the edition feeding the 2025 calendar collected votes during October 2024, and proceeds from fees and calendar sales benefit the organization itself.

The Californian Preseason Player of the Year Poll

This high school football ballot belongs to The Californian, with the vote itself on Crowdsignal's poll.fm domain. Where the weekly per-game formats reward a single performance, this one asks a preseason question about who will define the season, and its 2025 edition ran in August and has closed. Confirmed editions include 2022 and 2025, and the closed ballot at poll.fm still shows the final tally.

The Californian's Preseason Player of the Year Poll

The Californian newspaper invites its high school football readers to pick a preseason Player of the Year through a fan vote on Crowdsignal. Ballots are on file for 2022 and 2025, and the 2025 edition ran during August. That ballot now shows a closed notice, with its leading option credited with 20,143 votes, a 52 percent share. Window dates, repeat-vote rules and eligibility wording were never printed by the publisher.

The Herald News Girls Tennis Player of the Year

Run by The Herald-News, this girls high school tennis award lets California readers crown a Player of the Year through a Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm. Editions on file ran in 2022, 2025 and 2026, each with voting in June. The newspaper prints no opening or closing day for the poll, so supporters should watch the live ballot itself.

The Record's Baseball Player of the Year Poll

A fan ballot for California high school baseball, run by The Record, the newspaper behind recordnet.com, with the voting carried on Crowdsignal through poll.fm. Ballots are on file for 2023 and 2026. The live 2026 ballot accepts a vote each hour from every supporter and closes on Friday, June 19. No opening day for the window appears on the 2026 page, and the publisher publishes no selection criteria beside the vote itself.

The Record's Flag Football Player of the Year Poll

A single year-end ballot, not a weekly honor. The Record, a California newspaper, asks readers to choose its flag football player of the year through a Crowdsignal poll hosted at poll.fm. The 2025 poll closed after an October voting window, and the closed page posts the final order of finish. The ballot prints no per-person vote limit and no account requirement.

The Record's Softball Player of the Year Poll

The Record, the California newspaper behind recordnet.com, runs a softball player of the year honor for prep athletes, decided by public vote. The ballot sits on Crowdsignal at its poll.fm address, and the 2026 edition ran in April before it shut Friday, May 1, at 11:59 p.m. Editions are confirmed in 2023 and 2026, and the publisher's printed rule lets participants vote as many times as they wish.

The RS Midseason Offensive Player of the Year

RS runs a midseason fan vote naming the top offensive high school football player in California, carried on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Cycles on file landed in 2022 and 2025, with October the month the window has fallen in. The latest ballot has closed. The program differs from RS's weekly contests by crowning a single midseason honoree instead of a weekly honoree.

To Decide Martin Dentistry Football Athlete of the Week, CIF SJS

Martin Dentistry, a California dental practice, runs its weekly high school football honor as a fan poll hosted by Crowdsignal at poll.fm. The ballot asks readers to pick the Martin Dentistry Football Athlete of the Week for the CIF SJS Championship coverage. The 2023 and 2025 seasons are its editions on file, and the live poll closes at noon Thursday, Sept. 3. Nominations arrive by email, and the organizer states there are no voting restrictions.

Ventura Community's Choice Awards

Ventura County's entry in the USA TODAY Network's Your Choice Awards franchise, run by Gannett at yourchoiceawards.com/ventura/ through a nomination round followed by a public vote, with 2025 winners already confirmed announced, part of a network that runs equivalent ballots across dozens of other U.S. markets.

Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week

In Victorville, California, a weekly ballot naming the top high school athlete of each week runs under sponsorship from Victorville Chevrolet, with the Victorville Daily Press publishing the series. Ballots appear on Crowdsignal at poll.fm through the school year. Nominations close Sunday morning after that week's games and the poll closes Tuesday night. Seasons ran in 2023, 2024 and 2025, with a 2026 cycle expected.

Vote for Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week

Bay Area News Group puts up a boys athlete of the week ballot each week for Bay Area high school sport in California. Voting sits on Crowdsignal under the poll.fm address, with confirmed seasons from 2021 through 2025 running September through May. Supporters pick a nominee on the live poll. The organizer states that email votes do not count.

Vote for the Tulare County high school athlete of the week

Tulare, California's weekly prep-athlete ballot comes from the Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register, hosted on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Each school-year week the paper posts a fresh Tulare County slate and readers pick a winner, with the publisher inviting people to vote often. The live 2026 ballot closes at noon Friday, September 18.

VOTE to decide Martin Dentistry's Athlete of the Week

Martin Dentistry runs VOTE to decide Martin Dentistry's Athlete of the Week, a high school sport ballot for communities across California, carried on Crowdsignal's poll.fm service. Confirmed edition years are 2023, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 season puts one ballot up per week. One recent round carried a May 11-16 window now closed. Anyone can nominate an athlete from any sport, and the organizer states there are no voting restrictions.

VOTE to decide Martin Dentistry's Basketball Boys Athlete of the Week

This is a sponsor-backed weekly honor rather than a statewide ranking. Martin Dentistry puts up the boys basketball athlete of the week ballot, and Crowdsignal hosts it at poll.fm. The live window runs Feb. 16 through Feb. 21, with votes due by noon on Thursday, Feb. 19. Confirmed editions go back to 2023 and the most recent listed run was 2025, so it works as a recurring winter fixture. Any supporter can vote, and the organizer states there are no restrictions on voting.

Vote: Who should be The Sporting News California Team of the Week

California high school football fans decide the Team of the Week in a ballot run by The Sporting News California on Crowdsignal, the poll.fm platform. Weekly polls run September through October, each asking which school's team deserves the honor that week, and each closing at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. Confirmed seasons include 2023 and 2025. Exact open dates, weekly nominee lists and any per-supporter limit appear only on each live ballot.

Which Actor Is the Bold and the Beautiful Performer of the Month

Which Actor Is the Bold and the Beautiful Performer of the Month is a fan poll published by Beautiful, the California magazine operation behind WMB 3D: World's Most Beautiful, with Crowdsignal handling the balloting at poll.fm. The live ballot asks which actor from the CBS soap delivered the strongest March performance. Editions ran in 2024 and again in 2025, and the publisher posts no start or finish day for the current round. This page gathers what the ballot shows, the literal voting steps, and where the poll sits among California's other fan and business ballots.

Who is the Herald News Girls Tennis Player of the Year

The Herald-News lets its California readership decide a Girls Tennis Player of the Year through an open community ballot. The poll runs on Crowdsignal's poll.fm service, and three editions are on file: 2022, 2025 and 2026, each with voting during June. The ballot asks a single question and pairs every nominee with her school. The newspaper prints no open date, close date, category breakdown or per-supporter rule in advance, so readers should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Who is the Record Searchlight girls basketball player of the year

The Record Searchlight lets its California readers choose the season's top girls basketball player in a public poll. Crowdsignal carries that ballot at poll.fm. The 2026 window ran from March 16 through March 23, 2026, closing at noon that Monday, and the page now shows Poll Closed. Confirmed editions sit in 2022 and 2026, with nominees from Enterprise, Foothill, West Valley and Redding Christian.

Who is the Record Searchlight's boys basketball player of the year

The Record Searchlight asks readers in the Redding area of California to pick its boys basketball player of the year through a public fan ballot that Crowdsignal runs at poll.fm. The 2026 ballot ran from March 16 through March 23, capped at one submission per hour, with nineteen nominated players. Confirmed editions also include 2022, and 2027 is the expected year for the next edition.

Bark for a Cure! Pet Costume Photo Contest

Los Angeles · Scleroderma Foundation of California

Scleroderma Foundation of California's Southern California Chapter built Bark for a Cure! Pet Costume Photo Contest as a paid-entry, paid-vote fundraiser, and GoGo Photo Contest hosts it at gogophotocontest.com/barkforacure. Five edition years are confirmed, 2021 through 2025, and recurrence data points to a 2026 return. Entry closes November 1 and voting ends November 6 at 6 p.m. Pacific, at $25 per entry and $1 per vote. Neither a category list nor a voting ceiling is printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Community Concern for Cats Calendar Cat Photo Contest

The Community Concern for Cats Calendar Cat Photo Contest lets cat owners campaign for a calendar cover. Cc4c runs it on GoGo Photo Contest, with the ballot at gogophotocontest.com/cc4c. The 2027 calendar cycle runs from September 14 to October 14, 2026. Edition years already on the books are 2025 and 2026, and the live window produces the 2027 calendar. Entry costs five dollars per photo, and the top vote getter becomes the Cover Cat.

Community Concern for Cats Calendar Cat Photo Contest

Walnut Creek · Community Concern for Cats

Walnut Creek, California's Community Concern for Cats runs its Calendar Cat Photo Contest at gogophotocontest.com/cc4c, a market address hosted by GoGo Photo Contest. Confirmed editions run 2025 and 2026; the current cycle opened September 14, 2026, with entries closing 10:00 PM Pacific on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Entering a photo costs $5, and the cat with the most votes lands on the 2027 calendar cover; everything past that stays confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Joybound's 2026 Paw-parazzi Pet Photo Contest

Joybound's 2026 Paw-parazzi Pet Photo Contest is a donation-based pet photo fundraiser run by Joybound People & Pets of Walnut Creek, California, hosted on GoGo Photo Contest. Round one collected votes and donations from February 16 to March 23, 2026, and round two ran March 23 through April 3. The 2026 contest has ended, and the page carries editions from 2025 and 2026.

Pasadena Humane 2026 Calendar Photo Contest

Pasadena Humane, the animal welfare organization in Pasadena, California, runs the 2026 Calendar Photo Contest as a pet photo fundraiser on GoGo Photo Contest. The most recent window closed on June 30th at 11:00 PM PDT, and the contest page currently marks the contest as ended. Entries reaching five votes are guaranteed calendar or collage placement. The next cycle's dates are not yet published, so supporters should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Pasadena Humane Calendar Photo Contest

Pasadena · Pasadena Humane

Pasadena, California's animal shelter, Pasadena Humane, built its Calendar Photo Contest as a fundraiser and put the entry gallery on GoGo Photo Contest's site, address gogophotocontest.com/pasadenahumane2026calendar. Four editions, spanning 2023 to 2026, have run so far, and this year's calendar closed its voting June 30 at 11:00 PM PDT. The shelter ties every vote directly to its own fundraising, and entries drawing five votes or more earn a guaranteed spot in the following year's calendar. Judging categories and a per-supporter voting limit go unstated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Pet Star Photo Contest

Greater Palm Springs Animal Allies runs the Pet Star Photo Contest, a pet photo fundraiser hosted through GoGo Photo Contest. The 2026 ballot is live at gogophotocontest.com/gpsanimalallies for supporters in Palm Springs, California. Entries and voting run from August 15 through September 30, 2026, with voting closing at 9:00 PM Pacific Time on the final day. Votes cost $1 with a five-vote minimum, and calendar orders earn free votes.

Pets on the Prowl 2019 Calendar Contest

Mendocino Coast Humane Society runs Pets on the Prowl as a pet photo calendar fundraiser hosted on GoGo Photo Contest from Fort Bragg, California. Ballot years run from 2015 through 2024 with 2018 missing from the sequence. The published voting span covers August 1 to August 31, and the animals whose photographs gather the most votes are featured for a month of the society's printed calendar.

San Diego House Rabbit Society Bunnyfest Photo Contest

San Diego · San Diego House Rabbit Society Bunnyfest Photo Contest

San Diego House Rabbit Society runs the Bunnyfest Photo Contest, a rabbit photo fundraiser for its San Diego, California shelter, posted at gogophotocontest.com/bunnyfest2018photocontest through GoGo Photo Contest's hosted service. Two editions are confirmed, 2018 and 2019, and the confirmed 2018 cycle notes that online voting ends September 20 at midnight PDT. Submission itself is free, and the society frames the whole contest as support for its shelter bunnies. Unlike Best of San Diego & Best Restaurants, which covers local businesses citywide, this contest runs one rabbit photo pool for one shelter. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.