Michigan Online Voting Contests

Ann Arbor-Area High School Football Player of the Week

Ann Arbor · MLive / The Ann Arbor News

The MLive / Ann Arbor News regional fan vote for the best Washtenaw County-area prep football performance of the week. Embedded via poll.fm inside a dated mlive.com article — 10 nominees chosen by editors, approximately 1 vote per device per hour, closes Thursday morning, and puts three Division 1 city schools on the same ballot as Chelsea, Dexter, and Milan.

Detroit Free Press Athlete of the Week

Detroit · Detroit Free Press (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)

Free weekly fan poll at freep.com, run by the Detroit Free Press (Gannett / USA TODAY Network) on the SecondStreet platform, recognising the top Detroit-area high school athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account needed.

Flint-Area High School Football Player of the Week

Flint · MLive / The Flint Journal

The MLive / Flint Journal weekly fan-vote poll for the top Genesee County prep football performance. Staff nominates 11–14 candidates, readers vote via an embedded poll.fm widget at mlive.com, and the ballot closes Thursday morning — two to three days earlier than the statewide SI poll serving the same state.

High School on SI Michigan Athlete of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive statewide multi-sport fan vote for Michigan — runs year-round through basketball, hockey, soccer, and wrestling seasons at si.com/high-school/michigan. No account required, unlimited votes confirmed by the organizer, closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. PT. Separate from the fall football POTW; this is where Averie Zinn (Genesee) lands 54 points and 11 steals and still comes back as a repeat nominee the following week.

Jackson-Area High School Football Player of the Week

Jackson · MLive / Jackson Citizen Patriot

The MLive / Jackson Citizen Patriot regional fan vote for the best Jackson-area prep football performance of the week. Embedded on mlive.com via poll.fm — 1 vote per device per hour, closes Thursday morning, and covers a tight geographic field that includes Lumen Christi, Parma Western, Napoleon, and ten other county-area programs.

Lansing State Journal Athlete of the Week

Lansing · Lansing State Journal (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)

Free weekly fan poll at lansingstatejournal.com run by the Lansing State Journal (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), honouring a top Greater Lansing and Mid-Michigan high school athlete each week of the MHSAA sports calendar. One vote per hour per device, no account required.

Michigan High School Football Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide Michigan fan-vote poll, open each fall week at si.com/high-school/michigan with no account required, no vote cap (confirmed by the organizer), and a Sunday 11:59 p.m. close — the only Michigan football poll that spans every MHSAA division from Belleville D1 to Upper Peninsula D8 on one ballot.

Michigan High School Player of the Year

Statewide Michigan · High School on SI / Sports Illustrated

Annual division-by-division fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/michigan, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Authentic Brands Group), recognising the top Michigan prep football player in each of the eight MHSAA classifications — D1 through D8 — each December following the state playoffs.

Michigan High School Softball Player of the Year

Statewide Michigan · State Champs! Sports Network / Turnin2 Softball

Annual statewide fan-vote and panel award at statechampsnetwork.com, powered by Turnin2 Softball, recognising the top girls softball player across all MHSAA divisions in Michigan each spring season — with online voting counting 20% of the selection criteria and a live championship-week announcement.

Michigan High School Volleyball Player of the Year

Statewide Michigan · State Champs! Sports Network / Michigan Elite Volleyball

Annual statewide fan-vote and editorial panel award at statechampsnetwork.com, run by State Champs! Sports Network in partnership with Michigan Elite Volleyball, honouring the top girls volleyball player across all MHSAA divisions each fall — with online voting counting 20% of the weighted selection criteria and a live announcement timed to MHSAA Volleyball Finals week at Kellogg Arena, Battle Creek.

Michigan Hockey Player of the Year

Statewide Michigan · State Champs! Sports Network

Annual statewide Michigan honor by State Champs! Sports Network recognizing the top high school hockey player in Michigan; a public online fan vote at statechampsnetwork.com is part of the selection formula, following the same 20%-weighted model State Champs! uses across its other Michigan Player of the Year awards.

Michigan Mr. Football

Statewide Michigan · State Champs! Sports Network

Annual statewide Michigan award by State Champs! Sports Network (sponsored by Hungry Howie's) recognising the top high school football player in Michigan; a public fan vote at statechampsnetwork.com counts for 20% of the final selection score and the vote winner automatically enters the Final Four each November.

Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Fan Vote

The public online vote run by the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (MSHOF) for its annual induction class, spanning five categories — Amateur, Professional, Coach, Media, and Contributor — with voting open through mid-June. The induction ceremony follows every December at the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit. Statewide, all sports, all eras — a career and legacy ballot, not a single-week or single-season poll.

MLive Bay City-Area High School Football Player of the Week

Bay City · MLive / Bay City Times (Advance Local)

Weekly fan-vote poll on mlive.com for the Bay City and mid-Michigan thumb region, run by MLive / Bay City Times (Advance Local) via poll.fm. Eleven nominees per week; cap rules unconfirmed — check the active ballot. The confirmed 2024 winner, John Glenn's Lukas Gies, took 42% in an 11-player field, while Grand Rapids' sibling poll caps votes at one per hour per device.

MLive Grand Rapids Athlete of the Week

Grand Rapids · MLive / The Grand Rapids Press (Advance Local)

Free weekly high school sports fan poll at mlive.com covering West Michigan's Grand Rapids metro — run by MLive Media Group (Advance Local). Sport-specific polls each season; one vote per device per hour, no account required.

MLive Kalamazoo-Area High School Football Player of the Week

Kalamazoo · MLive / Kalamazoo Gazette (Advance Local)

MLive's weekly fan-vote poll on mlive.com recognizing standout southwest Michigan prep football performers. Editors nominate the field — as many as 44 in a single week — and fans vote via an embedded poll.fm ballot with no account required; the poll closes Thursday morning or Friday afternoon depending on the week.

MLive Muskegon High School Football Player of the Week

Muskegon · MLive / Muskegon Chronicle (Advance Local)

Weekly free fan-vote poll on mlive.com recognizing outstanding high school football players across the Muskegon area, run by MLive Media Group (Advance Local) with polls embedded via poll.fm. Voting closes Thursday 9 a.m. — the only Michigan regional football poll with a confirmed close time.

SBLive Michigan Athlete of the Week

Statewide Michigan · SI / SBLive Michigan (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports)

Weekly fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming one standout Michigan prep athlete each week of the MHSAA calendar. Nominations go to [email protected]; the ballot closes Sunday 11:59 p.m. and the winner posts Monday. No account is required, and the organizer does not publish a per-day vote ceiling.

SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 1

Statewide Michigan (Division 1 programs only) · SI / SBLive Michigan (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports)

Annual Division 1-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's largest-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 1 state final. Voting is free, no purchase is necessary, and the window closes December 14 each year.

SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 2

Statewide Michigan (Division 2 programs only) · SI / SBLive Michigan (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports)

Annual Division 2-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's second-largest-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 2 state final. Voting is free; the window closes each December, with the exact date confirmed on the live article every cycle.

SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 3

Statewide Michigan (Division 3 programs only) · SI / SBLive Michigan (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports)

Annual Division 3-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's mid-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 3 state final. Voting is free; the confirmed cycle runs in December, with the exact close date verified on that year's live article.

SBLive Michigan Football Player of the Year — Division 4

Statewide Michigan (Division 4 programs only) · SI / SBLive Michigan (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports)

Annual Division 4-only fan vote from SI / SBLive Michigan at si.com/high-school/michigan, naming the top player among the state's smaller-enrollment MHSAA football programs after the Division 4 state final. Voting is free, and the most recently confirmed window closed December 15, a fixed date not every sibling division shares.

WZZM13 Grand Rapids High School MVP of the Week

Grand Rapids · WZZM13 / 13 On Your Sidelines

The WZZM13 "13 On Your Sidelines" weekly fan vote covering high school football in fall and boys basketball in winter across the Greater Grand Rapids metro. Voting opens Monday and closes Thursday at 5:30 p.m. — mid-week, mid-afternoon — a hard stop that most voters never see coming.

Detroit Community Choice Awards

YourChoiceAwards Detroit's Community Choice Awards, an annual readers-choice program built on a shared Gannett-operated voting platform, spans 80 categories and honors 240 or more area businesses across metro Detroit each cycle. The program runs entirely separate from Hour Detroit Magazine's own long-running Best of Detroit ballot, hosted at yourchoiceawards.com/detroit.

Detroit News Readers' Choice

Detroit News's annual Readers' Choice is a business readers-choice ballot run through the third-party SecondStreet platform, confirmed active for the 2025 cycle and structurally separate from Metro Times', Hour Detroit's, and Detroit Free Press's own Detroit-area reader-vote programs, each counting its own votes independently.

Grand Rapids Magazine Best of GR

Annual Grand Rapids Magazine readers-choice poll covering West Michigan, a single open ballot across roughly 100 categories with no separate nomination round, now in its 16th consecutive year as of 2025.

Hour Detroit Best of Detroit

Hour Detroit Magazine's annual Best of Detroit readers-choice awards, drawing over 1 million votes each June cycle across six groups, Food, Bars, Museums, Shops, Salons, and Personalities, with winners celebrated at the Best of Detroit Party at the Westin Book Cadillac, run separately from Metro Times' own Best of Detroit ballot.

Metro Times Best of Detroit

Annual Detroit Metro Times readers-choice poll for the Detroit metro area, with a write-in nomination ballot across 100+ categories decided entirely by public reader votes.

MLive West Michigan Readers' Choice

MLive's West Michigan Readers' Choice program runs on the SecondStreet voting platform at mlive.secondstreetapp.com, covering the Kent, Ottawa, and Kalamazoo county metro area under Advance Local's MLive newsroom. It's a confirmed, separate ballot from Grand Rapids Magazine's Best of GR, with exact categories and dates set on the live site each cycle.

Red Hot Best of Northern Michigan

Traverse Magazine's annual Up North readers' poll — nominate, then vote, for favorite dining, lodging, shopping, real estate, and service businesses across the Grand Traverse region.

WDIV Vote 4 The Best

WDIV-TV's annual Metro Detroit readers-choice program, run through ClickOnDetroit, where the public nominates and then votes for favorite local businesses across roughly 80 categories before results air on the station.