Idaho Online Voting Contests

Idaho High School Athlete of the Week

Statewide Idaho · SBLive Sports / Sports Illustrated High School (WaFd Bank)

Free weekly statewide fan poll at si.com/high-school/idaho, presented by WaFd Bank, recognising the top Idaho prep athlete each sports season. Powered by SBLive Sports and Sports Illustrated High School; voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, winner announced Monday.

Idaho High School Basketball Player of the Year

Statewide Idaho · Star-Advertiser / High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, Idaho)

Annual Idaho recognition co-sponsored by the Star-Advertiser and High School on SI, drawing basketball nominees from all six IHSAA classifications, 6A down through 1A, with separate boys' and girls' ballots each winter. Casting a ballot at si.com/high-school/idaho costs nothing and skips any login step; the per-vote cap and the day the window shuts are set out in that season's own article.

Idaho High School Boys Athlete of the Week

Statewide Idaho · Sports Illustrated High School / SBLive Sports

Sports Illustrated and SBLive run a Boys-only ballot for Idaho High School Athlete of the Week, separate from the Girls poll, confirmed live during IHSAA football and basketball seasons at si.com/high-school/idaho. Free to vote, no account needed, published as its own weekly article alongside the Girls ballot rather than a shared list.

Idaho High School Football Player of the Year

Statewide Idaho · MaxPreps / High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, Idaho)

Annual Idaho high school football recognition shaped by MaxPreps' season stats and recruiting-grade ratings alongside High School on SI's fan vote. IHSAA's five football classifications, 5A down to 1A, each finalize an all-state team first; the year-end poll draws its Player of the Year nominees from that pool. Free to vote, no account required.

Idaho High School Girls Athlete of the Week

Statewide Idaho · Sports Illustrated High School / SBLive Sports

Sports Illustrated and SBLive run a Girls-only ballot for Idaho High School Athlete of the Week, confirmed live as part of SI's nationwide Girls AOTW split since May 2026, published separately from the Boys poll at si.com/high-school/idaho. Free to vote, nothing to sign up for, new nominees cycle through each week of the IHSAA calendar.

Idaho High School Player of the Year

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

Annual season-end fan-vote award produced by High School on SI (formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/idaho, honouring the top Idaho prep athlete in each major sport. Separate polls per sport run at season's close; no per-vote cap; winner decided by fan total at the stated 11:59 p.m. Pacific deadline.

IHSAA Toyota Athlete of the Week

Statewide Idaho · Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA)

IHSAA (the Idaho High School Activities Association) runs its own weekly Athlete of the Week recognition, presented by Inland Northwest Toyota Dealers, separate from the SI/SBLive Idaho poll. Nominations close every Wednesday at noon; one boy and one girl are recognized weekly, announced on idhsaa.org and IHSAA's social channels. Free to vote, no account required.

KPVI East Idaho GMC Dealers Athlete of the Week

Pocatello · KPVI NBC 6 Pocatello, sponsored by East Idaho GMC Dealers

The weekly Fan Vote Player of the Week from KPVI NBC 6 Pocatello, sponsored by East Idaho GMC Dealers, a multi-sport public poll covering prep athletes across the Pocatello, Chubbuck, and Blackfoot area, with voting closing Friday afternoon.

KTVB High School Sports Idaho

Boise metro · KTVB (NBC affiliate, Boise, Idaho)

KTVB, Boise's dominant NBC-affiliate station, runs its own high school sports fan-vote coverage, structurally separate from the statewide SBLive/Sports Illustrated Idaho Athlete of the Week ballot. Voting is free and public. The exact weekly page, close time, and per-device limit aren't published here, confirm them live on ktvb.com each cycle.

Lewiston Tribune Prep Athlete of the Week

The Lewiston Tribune's weekly fan-vote poll for the top prep athlete across the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley, covering Lewiston, Clarkston, Pullman, Moscow, Lapwai, and the Prairie area on both sides of the Idaho-Washington border. Polls close Wednesday evening; anyone can vote at no cost.

Treasure Valley High School Baseball Player of the Week

Boise · Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra

The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra fan vote for the top prep baseball performance in Treasure Valley each week. Coaches nominate players, anyone can vote with no registration, and the poll closes at noon Wednesday — a mid-week deadline that catches most casual followers off guard.

Treasure Valley High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

Boise · Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra

The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra weekly fan vote for standout boys basketball performances across Ada, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties. Coaches and reporters nominate; anyone can vote as many times as they like; the poll closes Wednesday at noon.

Treasure Valley High School Football Player of the Week

Boise · Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra

The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra weekly fan vote for the best prep football performance across Ada, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties. Coaches submit stats, the editors nominate, anyone can vote unlimited times, and the ballot closes Thursday at noon — not Sunday, not Monday.

Treasure Valley High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

Boise · Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra

The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra weekly fan vote recognizing the top Treasure Valley prep girls basketball performer. Anyone can vote unlimited times on IdahoStatesman.com — no account needed — and the ballot closes at noon Wednesday, a midweek deadline that catches most supporters off guard.

Treasure Valley High School Soccer Players of the Week

Boise · Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra

The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra fan vote for the best Treasure Valley prep soccer performances each week — covering both boys and girls in a single combined poll, closing noon Thursday, with no registration required and no cap on how many times you can vote.

Treasure Valley High School Softball Player of the Week

Boise · Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra

The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra spring fan vote for Treasure Valley's top prep softball performer. Coaches submit nominations, anyone can vote unlimited times on IdahoStatesman.com — no account needed — and the poll closes noon Wednesday, earlier than any other Treasure Valley weekly ballot.

Treasure Valley High School Volleyball Player of the Week

Boise · Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra

The Idaho Statesman / Varsity Extra fan vote for the best Treasure Valley prep volleyball performance of the week. Coaches and Statesman staff nominate; anyone can vote unlimited times at IdahoStatesman.com with no account — and the ballot closes noon Thursday, not Sunday night.

Best of Canyon County

Idaho Press's annual Best of Canyon County readers-choice program runs at idahopress.com/bestof/, a ballot built specifically for Canyon County businesses, from Nampa to Caldwell, and organizationally separate from Boise Weekly's Best of Boise (BOB) across the county line in Ada County.

Best of Greater Idaho Falls

Sandhill Media's nominate-then-vote readers'/listeners' choice program for the Idaho Falls metro, spanning 250 categories across six radio stations, with results independently audited each year.

Best of Magic Valley Readers' Choice

Annual Times-News readers-choice awards for Twin Falls and the Magic Valley, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting hosted on the Second Street platform.

Best of North Idaho

Coeur d'Alene Press's annual Best of North Idaho readers-choice program runs on the Second Street platform at cdapress.secondstreetapp.com/Best-of-North-Idaho-2026, covering Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and Sandpoint, a North Idaho market the paper treats as separate from Boise's statewide coverage. The confirmed 2026 cycle got underway January 11.

Best of the LC Valley

Annual Lewiston Tribune / Inland 360 readers-choice awards for the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley, drawing roughly 8,000 reader nominations across 170 categories before an open public vote each spring.

Best of the Valley

Idaho Mountain Express's 17th annual readers' poll for Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey, and the Wood River Valley, run on SurveyMonkey across roughly 140 categories in six sections, closing every February.

Boise Area Parade of Homes

BCA, the Building Contractors Association of Southwest Idaho, runs the annual Boise Area Parade of Homes at boiseparadeofhomes.com, where toured model homes compete for the public's favorite honor. Biltmore Co. enters as the three-time defending winner, having taken it with the same design, The Carmell, in Riverstone, from 2023 through 2025.

Boise Favorites

The Idaho Statesman newspaper's own Boise and Treasure Valley readers'-choice program at boisefavorites.com, run separately from the statewide Idaho's Best Awards, with local restaurateurs and other business owners known to chase the recognition hard every year, though the current category list and vote cap aren't part of the public record.

Boise Weekly Best of Boise

Idaho Press's annual Boise Weekly Best of Boise (BOB) poll at idahopress.com/boiseweekly/best_of_boise/ runs as a pure write-in ballot spanning restaurants, services, and nightlife, with no account or picklist standing between a voter and a typed-in business name, and results appear later as coverage on the paper's own site.

Idaho State Journal Readers' Choice

Idaho State Journal's annual readers'-choice awards for Pocatello and southeastern Idaho, confirmed through the paper's own "Readers' Choice Awards highlights area's best" coverage and capped each year by a public awards ceremony, with categories and the voting platform confirmed only on the live idahostatejournal.com page.

Idaho's Best Awards

Idaho's Best Awards' annual statewide readers'-choice program at idahosbest.com, run across three voting rounds and drawing 100,000+ Idaho voters a year, with 2026 winners honored at an April 7-8 ceremony in downtown Boise rather than a single regional metro ballot.

North Idaho NIBCA Parade of Homes

North Idaho Building Contractors' annual Parade of Homes showcases newly built homes across the Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint markets, roughly an hour apart in Kootenai and Bonner counties. The public votes for a favorite at poh.nibca.com under NIBCA's own current-cycle rules; the exact home count, categories, and voting window aren't published beyond that base URL.

Post Register Readers' Choice

Post Register's annual Readers' Choice awards for Idaho Falls and East Idaho, voted at postregister.secondstreetapp.com, a separate ballot from Pocatello's Idaho State Journal program and Sandhill Media's radio-driven Best of Greater Idaho Falls. The confirmed 2025 cycle ran nominations and voting from April 16 through May 14.