Colorado Online Voting Contests

Colorado Baseball Player of the Week

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

Weekly spring fan vote from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado/baseball, confirmed live in May 2025 as a "top hitters" format: a rotating list of standout CHSAA batting performances rather than one all-around nominee per school. Free to vote, no account required; no per-device cap or results archive is publicly documented.

Colorado Boys Basketball Player of the Week

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

Weekly winter fan-vote poll from High School on SI, running January through March alongside SI's confirmed Colorado boys basketball rankings at si.com/high-school/colorado. Nominees are pulled from CHSAA member schools statewide; no account is needed to vote, and the winner runs in a dated feature article.

Colorado Football Defensive Player of the Week

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

Weekly fall fan-vote poll from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado/football, splitting a defense-only ballot off Colorado's combined weekly poll, a structure mirroring Georgia and Maryland's 2025 offense/defense divide. Draws from all six CHSAA classes, 1A through 6A. Free to vote, no account required.

Colorado Football Offensive Player of the Week

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

Weekly fall fan-vote poll from Sports Illustrated's High School on SI network at si.com/high-school/colorado/football, spotlighting one standout Colorado prep offensive performer each week of the CHSAA season, a split modeled on Georgia and Maryland's confirmed 2025 offense/defense ballots. Free to vote, no account required; the hub doesn't publish an exact per-device cap.

Colorado Football Player of the Week

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

Weekly fall fan-vote poll from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado/football, open to every CHSAA football program from Class 1A through Class 6A across an August-to-November season. No account is required to vote, live totals show through the week, and the winner runs in a Monday feature article.

Colorado Girls Basketball Player of the Week

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

Weekly winter fan-vote poll from High School on SI, published on the same si.com/high-school/colorado hub that covers every CHSAA sport statewide. Nominees are pulled from Colorado girls basketball programs across the state; no account is needed to vote, and the winner runs in a dated feature article separate from the boys' ballot.

Colorado High School Athlete of the Week

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

Statewide weekly fan-vote recognition run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com — covering all CHSAA member schools from Class 1A through 5A, every sport, every season. Voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.; no account needed.

Colorado High School Baseball Player of the Year

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

Annual fan-vote honor from High School on SI, published on the general si.com/high-school/colorado hub once Colorado's CHSAA spring baseball season ends. The ballot follows a separate weekly "top hitters" poll confirmed live in May 2025. Free to vote; no account, and no per-device cap is publicly documented.

Colorado High School Football Player of the Year

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

Annual fan-vote honor from High School on SI, published on the general si.com/high-school/colorado hub rather than the weekly poll's dedicated address. Nominees are drawn from CHSAA's full six-class football field, 1A through 6A, once the postseason ends. Free to vote; no account, and no per-device cap is published.

Colorado High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

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

Annual statewide fan vote from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/colorado, crowning one Colorado girls basketball standout each year from CHSAA programs statewide. Distinct from the weekly Player of the Week ballot on the same hub: nominees are judged on a full season, and no account is needed to vote.

Colorado High School Player of the Year

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

Annual end-of-season fan-vote recognition at si.com/high-school/colorado, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), crowning a statewide Colorado POY per sport each year across all CHSAA member schools. Free vote, no cap stated.

Colorado High School Softball Player of the Year

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

Annual end-of-fall-season fan poll at si.com/high-school/colorado, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive), crowning the top Colorado girls softball player statewide. Voting is free with no hourly cap; winner decided by fan-vote total at close.

Fort Collins Blue FCU Athlete of the Week

Fort Collins · The Coloradoan (USA Today Network)

The Coloradoan's Blue Federal Credit Union–sponsored weekly fan vote for the top prep athlete in the Fort Collins metro. Two parallel ballots run every week — Boys and Girls — each with five nominees, voting open Monday through Thursday, closing Thursday at 11:59 a.m. sharp.

Pueblo Chieftain Athlete of the Week

The Pueblo Chieftain's weekly fan-vote poll for a standout Pueblo-area high school athlete, open to every sport rather than football only. There is no stated vote-limit restriction, and the ballot closes at midnight Friday, a full two days ahead of the Sunday-night close used by Colorado's statewide SI poll.

Star Local Media Colorado Athlete of the Week

Star Local Media's suburban Denver Athlete of the Week: same weekly format as the publisher's North Texas edition, five to six county nominees, ballot resets every Monday at 10 a.m.

Best of Denver

Westword's annual Best of Denver readers-choice poll reaches its 43rd edition in 2026, with online voting at westword.com/best-of-denver-readers-choice-poll. The alt-weekly has run the program since the early 1980s, though Westword hasn't published this cycle's specific category list, ballot format, or vote cap.

Best of NOCO

NOCO Style Magazine's annual Best of NOCO readers-choice program serves Northern Colorado, with public voting at nocostyle.com/best-of-noco and results published every December issue. The magazine hasn't confirmed a category list, voting window, or vote cap for this cycle, so the live ballot page is the only current authority.

Best of Summit County

Summit Daily News' annual readers-choice ballot for Colorado's I-70 resort corridor — nearly 200 categories across Breckenridge, Frisco, Silverthorne, Dillon, and Keystone, with results announced each October in Silverthorne.

Best of the Boat

Steamboat Pilot & Today's reader-vote awards for Steamboat Springs, a single 140+ category ballot with First, Second, Third, and Top-5 results published per category.

Best of the Springs

Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs Gazette

The Colorado Springs Gazette's annual Best of the Springs readers-choice awards, voted at thebestofthesprings.com. The 2026 cycle has already closed, with winners set to appear in an annual print book instead of a live results page; the category list, vote cap, and 2027 dates aren't public yet.

Best of the West (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)

Grand Junction · Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Annual Grand Junction Daily Sentinel readers-choice awards for the Western Slope, with a public vote across 162 categories in 8 category groups, a winners gala, and a print winners magazine.

Best of Vail Valley

Vail Daily's annual reader vote across 140+ categories spanning skiing, dining, and local services in the Vail Valley, with winners celebrated at the Vilar Performing Arts Center.

Colorado Springs Top of Town

Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs Magazine

Colorado Springs Magazine's annual Top of Town readers-choice contest, voted at coloradospringsmag.com/tott. The magazine hasn't published a category list, vote cap, or fixed dates on the record checked for this guide, and the name echoes 5280 Magazine's separate Denver contest closely enough to cause real confusion.

Colorado's Best

The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best, an annual voting hub at coloradosun.com/colorados-best. The nonprofit newsroom's public record confirms only the yearly cadence and that single hub URL; no category list, vote cap, ballot structure, or close date is published anywhere The Colorado Sun has made public.

Colorado's Best Denver Metro

The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best Denver Metro, an annual regional sub-edition of its statewide Colorado's Best program, voted at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-denver-metro. The public record confirms only the annual cadence and that single URL, and this edition lands in the same Denver-metro market Top of the Town and Best of Denver already serve.

Colorado's Best Northeast

The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best Northeast, an annual regional sub-edition of its statewide Colorado's Best program, voted at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-northeast. The newsroom has made public only the annual cadence and that single URL; no category list, vote cap, ballot format, or close date appears anywhere on its site.

Colorado's Best Southwest

The Colorado Sun's Colorado's Best franchise now runs a Southwest Colorado sub-edition, voted annually at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-southwest. Beyond that URL and an annual cadence, the newsroom hasn't published a category list, vote cap, ballot format, or close date here, so the live site is the only real authority once a cycle opens.

Colorado's Best Western Slope

The Colorado Sun runs Colorado's Best Western Slope, an annual regional sub-edition of its statewide Colorado's Best program, voted at coloradosun.com/colorados-best-western-slope. The public record confirms only the annual cadence and that single URL; no category list, vote cap, ballot format, or close date has been published anywhere online.

CommunityVotes Boulder

Boulder, Colorado's outpost of the CommunityVotes readers-choice network, voted at boulder.communityvotes.com in two stages, a nomination stage first, then a finalist vote. What sets it apart from Denver's ballots is the city's tech-corridor business base. No published category list, close date, or vote cap exists for this program yet.

CommunityVotes Fort Collins

CommunityVotes' Fort Collins readers-choice ballot at fortcollins.communityvotes.com runs in two stages, a nomination round followed by a finalist vote, separate from the city's own YourChoiceAwards program. No category list, vote cap, or fixed nomination-to-close calendar has been published yet for either one; check the live site each cycle.

Springs Magazine People's Choice Awards

Springs Magazine's annual Colorado readers-choice program, with public voting at springsmag.com/peoples-choice-awards. The inaugural edition ran in 2025, making 2026 its second cycle. The magazine has not published a category list, ballot format, or vote cap anywhere public; confirm cycle specifics directly on the live page.

Top of the Town

5280 Magazine runs Top of the Town, its annual Denver readers-choice program, with public voting at 5280scene.com across the city's consumer business categories. Winners are celebrated each July at an in-person event, separate from the magazine's peer-nominated Top Doctors and Top Lawyers lists.