Massachusetts Online Voting Contests

Enterprise Brockton Athlete of the Week

The Enterprise (Gannett)'s South Shore fan vote for the week's standout Brockton-area high school performance, run as separate boys' and girls' polls each week, hosted via AOL/Yahoo Sports, with unlimited voting through Monday at noon.

Massachusetts High School Athlete of the Week

The High School on SI multi-sport fan vote covering Massachusetts spring athletes across baseball, softball, lacrosse, and other spring sports. Unlike the football-specific poll (which closes Sunday), this ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — and it puts a Taunton pitcher and a Belmont Hill lacrosse midfielder on the same list.

Massachusetts High School Baseball Player of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive spring fan vote for the best Massachusetts prep baseball performance of the week. SI editors nominate around ten players from across the state, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day later than the Massachusetts football POTW closes on Sundays.

Massachusetts High School Basketball Player of the Week

Statewide Massachusetts · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

The statewide High School on SI / SBLive Sports fan vote for the top Massachusetts prep basketball performance of the week, running through the MIAA winter season. Editors publish a fresh nominee ballot on the same si.com hub used for the state's other weekly polls, and anyone can vote with no account required.

Massachusetts High School Football Player of the Week

The statewide SBLive / High School on SI fan vote for the best Massachusetts prep football performance of the week. Andy Villamarzo's editorial team nominates roughly eight players across all eight MIAA divisions — public and private — and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

Massachusetts High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

Statewide Massachusetts · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

A statewide winter fan vote from High School on SI / SBLive Sports that singles out one standout Massachusetts girls basketball performance each week of the MIAA season. The ballot runs on the same si.com hub used for the network's other Massachusetts weekly polls, and casting a vote needs no account or sign-up.

Massachusetts High School Player of the Year

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

Season-end sport-specific fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/massachusetts, recognising the best Massachusetts prep athlete by sport each school year. Statewide coverage of all MIAA member schools; voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the stated date; no per-vote cap.

Massachusetts High School Softball Player of the Week

High School on SI / SBLive runs a weekly fan vote for the best Massachusetts softball performance of the week. Editors nominate around a dozen players; anyone can vote without an account. Unlike the football poll (Sunday close) and baseball poll (Monday close), the softball ballot shuts Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a mid-week deadline that most campaigns miss.

MassLive Athlete of the Week

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

Free weekly fan poll at masslive.com, run by MassLive (Advance Local), honouring standout Western Massachusetts and Pioneer Valley prep athletes each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account required.

MassLive Fall Athlete of the Week

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

MassLive's fall-only Athlete of the Week ballot runs weekly at masslive.com from late August through November, drawing nominees from Western Massachusetts football, soccer, field hockey, and cross country programs across the 62-school PVIAC conference. Readers vote once per device per hour, no sign-up needed, until the poll closes Thursday or Friday.

MassLive Spring Athlete of the Week

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

MassLive's spring Athlete of the Week ballot runs weekly at masslive.com from mid-March through late May or early June, drawing nominees from Western Massachusetts baseball, softball, track and field, lacrosse, tennis, and golf across the 62-school PVIAC conference. Readers vote once per device per hour, no sign-up needed, until the poll closes Thursday or Friday.

MassLive Winter Athlete of the Week

Springfield · MassLive (Advance Local)

Free weekly winter fan poll at masslive.com, run by MassLive (Advance Local), spotlighting standout Western Massachusetts PVIAC basketball, hockey, wrestling, gymnastics, and swimming athletes from mid-November through early March. One vote per hour per device, no account required, ballot typically closes Thursday or Friday.

Taunton Daily Gazette Boys Athlete of the Week

The Taunton Daily Gazette (Gannett)'s weekly fan-vote poll for the standout boys high school performance across Taunton, Berkley, Dighton, Rehoboth, and the Bristol Aggie coverage area, hosted via a Yahoo Sports/Gannett embedded widget, opening weekly and closing Monday at noon, run separately from the paper's girls poll.

Best of Boston

The Best of Boston Readers' Poll is Boston Magazine's annual public reader vote for Greater Boston businesses, running since 1979 with one vote per email address per category.

Best of Boston (Boston Magazine)

Boston Magazine's Best of Boston Readers' Poll voted 30 categories in 2025, decided the cocktail-bar race by a 10.69% margin, and runs alongside a separate roughly-250-winner editors' list, with a 2026 soiree already planned for the next round of results.

Best of Cape Cod

Cape Cod LIFE Magazine's Best of Cape Cod is a write-in readers' awards program at capecodlife.com/best-of-cape-cod-2026, now in its 35th year as of 2026. Readers write in businesses across 60-plus categories; the 2025 cycle recorded 827 gold and silver winners from tens of thousands of write-in votes.

Best of the Upper Cape

OnCape Magazine's reader vote across consumer categories for Falmouth, Mashpee, Bourne, and Sandwich, distinct from the Cape-wide programs run by Cape Cod Life and the Cape Cod Times.

Best of the Valley

Valley Advocate's annual reader vote for Pioneer Valley and Western Massachusetts businesses, spanning food, bars, arts, shops, services, and education categories across Northampton, Amherst, Holyoke, Chicopee, and Easthampton. Running more than three decades, with 2026 voting live now.

BOSS - Best of South Shore

BOSS (Best of South Shore) is South Shore Home, Life & Style Magazine's reader nominate-then-vote awards program across 200+ categories, with winners revealed in the Summer print issue.

Boston Globe Best of the Best

Boston Globe Magazine's annual Best of the Best feature, journalist-selected with reader engagement rather than a public vote count. The 2026 edition spans 28 categories and 300+ choices, adds a new Cape Cod dining category, and publishes as a June 7, 2026 special edition at bostonglobe.com/magazine/boston-best.

Cape Cod Community Choice Awards

Gannett's YourChoiceAwards program for Cape Cod, run in partnership with Cape Cod Times, covering more than 125 local business categories across a nomination round and a separate public voting round, with the confirmed 2026 voting window set for March 17-31 at yourchoiceawards.com/capecod, also mirrored at capecodtimes.gannettcontests.com.