Mississippi Online Voting Contests

C Spire Conerly Trophy Fan Vote

Statewide Mississippi · Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum / C Spire

Mississippi's top college football player gets picked two ways: a media panel and the public. The C Spire Conerly Trophy fan vote, run at csopavoting.com by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, holds a fixed 10% share of that final score. Nominees come from all nine in-state programs, Ole Miss and Millsaps on the same ballot.

Mississippi High School Athlete of the Week

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

Free statewide weekly fan poll at si.com/high-school/mississippi, operated by SBLive (Sports Illustrated High School), recognising the top Mississippi prep athlete each sports season. Voting closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT; winners announced Monday. No registration required.

Mississippi High School Baseball Player of the Week

High School on SI (SBLive) runs a statewide reader-vote poll each week of the Mississippi prep baseball season, Feb through May. Reed Green nominates standout performers from both MHSAA and MAIS schools; anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

Mississippi High School Baseball Player of the Year

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

Annual statewide baseball-specific fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/mississippi, operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated). Nominees drawn from all MHSAA classifications; voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on the posted deadline; no account needed; winner is the athlete with the highest fan-vote total.

Mississippi High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best boys basketball performance each week during the MHSAA and MAIS season. Reed Green nominates the field covering all classifications; voting is unlimited by the organizer's own stated rules, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

Mississippi High School Football Offensive Player of the Year

A statewide fan-vote trophy from Sports Illustrated / SBLive High School Mississippi, limited to offensive standouts only and separate from the companion defensive honor on the same ballot system. Roughly eight nominees compete each cycle; voting opens in early December and runs through December 31 at si.com/high-school/mississippi.

Mississippi High School Football Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote covering all seven MHSAA football classifications. Reed Green nominates the field weekly; voting is free and unlimited by the organizer's own stated rules, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than the Dallas regional poll.

Mississippi High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote for standout Mississippi girls basketball performers. Reed Green's editors nominate from MHSAA and MAIS schools each week, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same uncapped mechanic as every SI fan poll, but played out across a December-to-February winter season where the field can shrink to eleven names and the stats in the article are sometimes the only public record.

Mississippi High School Girls Soccer Player of the Week

High School on SI's weekly reader fan poll for Mississippi prep girls soccer, run by writer Reed Green during the state's January–February winter season. Eight nominees, no account required, closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

Mississippi High School Player of the Year

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

Annual statewide fan-vote contest at si.com/high-school/mississippi, operated by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated), crowning Mississippi's top prep athlete in football and baseball each season. Voting runs for several weeks; no account required; winner determined by public fan vote totals.

Mississippi High School Softball Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide reader vote for the best Mississippi fast-pitch softball performance of the week. Reed Green nominates standout performers from across all MHSAA classes, anyone can vote with no account, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — the same calendar as the football and basketball polls, but running a February-through-May schedule that makes spring's final weeks the real pressure point.

Mississippi High School Softball Player of the Year

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

Annual statewide girls-softball fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/mississippi, run by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated). Top spring fastpitch performers across all MHSAA classifications nominated; readers vote free at no account; highest fan-vote total at the deadline wins.

Oxford Eagle Athlete of the Week

Oxford · The Oxford Eagle

Three confirmed editions, 2024 through 2026, back The Oxford Eagle's Athlete of the Week ballot in Oxford, Mississippi, run at theoxfordeagle.secondstreetapp.com. The Fall 2026 season opened September 2, 2026 and runs through May 3, 2027, structured as a pure voting ballot rather than the combined nominate-and-vote format the newspaper's Best of Oxford and Top 20 Under 40 programs used earlier in the year. Which categories qualify and whether a vote cap applies go unstated once the current window closes, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either detail.

2026 Best of the Best

The Delta Democrat-Times, the daily newspaper in Greenville, Mississippi, runs the 2026 Best of the Best as a public-vote awards ballot for local businesses. Voting takes place on the newspaper's ddtonline.com, not on an outside polling service. Confirmed editions have appeared in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and the program runs as an annual fixture. The newspaper has not printed the voting window or any rules on repeat voting.

2026 WXXV Viewer's Choice Awards

WXXV-TV 25, a Gulfport television station serving the Biloxi-Gulfport market, stages the Viewer's Choice Awards each summer on Second Street. Confirmed editions run 2022 through 2026, and the current ballot opened July 7 and closes September 10, 2026. During the voting stretch, viewers may support the top nominees once a day, every day, in each category.

Athlete of the Week Fall 2026

The Oxford Eagle runs the Athlete of the Week Fall 2026 ballot from its own Second Street account, open to readers in Oxford and Lafayette County, Mississippi. Confirmed editions sit in 2024, 2025 and 2026. The live window runs from September 2, 2026 through May 3, 2027, and the ballot is a pure voting round with no nomination stage.

Best of Coastal Mississippi

Sun Herald's Gulf Coast readers-choice awards, a nominate-then-vote ballot across 260+ categories covering Biloxi, Gulfport, and Ocean Springs business life, at bestof.sunherald.com.

Best of Mississippi

Mississippi Magazine's annual statewide Best of Mississippi readers-choice awards, run at mismag.com across more than 100 categories, with a November 15 through December 15 nomination window followed by a separate public voting stage from January 15 through February 15 each year.

Best of Oxford

Oxford · Oxford Eagle / Oxford Magazine (hereoxford.com)

Oxford Eagle and Oxford Magazine's readers-choice ballot at hereoxford.com, a nominate-then-runoff contest across 200+ categories for a college town built around Ole Miss.

Best of Panola 2025 (thepanolian2)

Best of Panola 2025 is the readers' choice ballot that The Panolian, the newspaper in Batesville, Mississippi, puts before its audience each summer. Where the statewide Best of Mississippi ballot spans the whole state, this one covers Panola County only. The 2025 voting window ran from July 23 through August 20 on Second Street, and the program also ran ballots in 2023 and 2024. The 2025 edition is closed, so supporters waiting on the next round should watch the publisher's contest page.

Best of Panola County (The Panolian)

Batesville, Mississippi's Best of Panola County ballot is put on by The Panolian newspaper on Second Street's platform at thepanolian2.secondstreetapp.com. Three dated editions back it, 2023 through 2025, with the 2025 round running from July 23 through August 20. A category breakdown and any per-supporter voting rule stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of Pearl River County

Picayune · The Picayune Item

Picayune, Mississippi is home to The Picayune Item, the weekly newspaper running Best of Pearl River County on Second Street at thepicayuneitem2.secondstreetapp.com. Second Street's listing shows two confirmed years, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 ballot combining nomination and voting from June 3 through August 20 before closing. A vote cap and eligibility rule are not printed anywhere on that page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of Pearl River County 2026

Best of Pearl River County 2026 is The Picayune Item's readers' choice ballot for its home market. The paper is a weekly publication in Picayune, Mississippi, covering Pearl River County, and it hosts the programme on Second Street. Unlike the statewide and metro ballots around it, this one covers a single county. The 2026 round combined nomination and voting from June 3 through August 20 and has closed, and a 2025 edition ran before it, giving the programme two confirmed years so far.

Best Of Tehachapi

Best Of Tehachapi is a readers choice program presented by Tehachapi News and hosted on heritage.secondstreetapp.com, a Second Street ballot. The 2024 nomination round accepted entries from noon on Aug. 28, 2024 until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 4, 2024. Confirmed editions also ran in 2021 and 2023. The category roster, any per-supporter limit and the next edition year are not printed on the nomination page.

Best of the Best Jackson

Clarion-Ledger's Jackson metro readers-choice ballot, run on Gannett's USA Today Network voting platform, covering restaurants, services, health, and shopping across central Mississippi.

Best of the Pine Belt

Best of the Pine Belt is a readers-choice awards ballot run in Mississippi by Signature Magazine through its Hub City Spokes outlet. The 2026 cycle opened with nominations in May and a voting round from June 26 through July 17, hosted on Second Street. This page covers the confirmed dates, the one-vote per day rule, and what the ballot does not publish, including the category list. It also situates the program beside the other Mississippi best-of ballots it competes with for reader attention each summer.

Best Time Year Approaching State Hunters

The Greenwood Commonwealth, a Mississippi newspaper, runs a seasonal public vote titled Best Time Year Approaching State Hunters on its own website. The live window confirmed for the 2026 cycle ran the weekend of September 19 and 20, 2026. Runs in 2025 and 2026 are both on file, which marks the programme as annual. The ballot speaks to Magnolia State hunters as the season turns in the Mississippi Delta. Category detail and any voting limits are not printed on the page, so supporters should read the live ballot before relying on anything beyond the dates given here.

Daily Journal Readers Choice (Tupelo)

Tupelo · Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

129+ categories, one Northeast Mississippi newspaper, and a Lee County trade area that runs well past the Tupelo city line: that's the Daily Journal Readers Choice ballot in one line.

Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards

The Daily Mississippian runs a public-vote award notice titled Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards on its own site, thedmonline.com, serving the University of Mississippi community. The ballot carries confirmed editions in 2025 and 2026, and the live window falls within September 2026. The page announces university teaching awards for two faculty members, dated April 5. Day-level dates, categories and voting rules are absent from the notice.

For Mhps Cruiser To Win Best Looking Cruiser Contest (supertalk)

SuperTalk Mississippi promotes public voting for the Mississippi Highway Patrol's entry in the Best Looking Cruiser Contest. Confirmed editions sit in 2020 and 2026. The most recent window ran from June 29, 2026 through July 13, 2026, closing at noon. The ballot lives on supertalk.fm and the patrol's Honor Guard Charger is this cycle's entry.

MileSplit Mississippi Girls' Performer of the Week

The Girls' Performer of the Week poll from MileSplit Mississippi honors a Mississippi high school girls cross country runner each week of the fall season, not a business. MileSplit Mississippi runs it, and Crowdsignal handles the balloting through the poll.fm service. Confirmed seasons ran in 2024 and 2025, with ballots landing in the September and October stretch.

Oxford's Favorites Awards: The Townies 2026

The Townies are the Oxford's Favorites Awards ballot, a yearly readers' choice poll that The Local Voice, the locally-owned newspaper of Oxford, Mississippi, puts before its audience. Three editions carry confirmation, 2024 through 2026, and the 2026 poll was announced open on November 20, 2025. Readers name their favorite local people, businesses, restaurants and arts and entertainment. The voting page itself carries no category list and no stated supporter limit, so the live ballot is what settles those details each cycle.

People's Choice (Greenwood Commonwealth)

Greenwood Commonwealth, a Mississippi newspaper, runs People's Choice on Second Street at greenwoodcommonwealth.secondstreetapp.com. Three editions are confirmed, 2023 through 2025, with the 2025 round open June 14 through August 30 and now closed. People's Choice does not print a category list or a voting limit anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

People's Choice 2025

The Greenwood Commonwealth, a Mississippi newspaper, runs People's Choice 2025 as a best-of business ballot on Second Street. Voting in the 2025 cycle ran from June 14 through August 30, 2025 and is now closed. Ballots ran in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and a 2026 cycle followed under a sponsor name. The newspaper does not print its category roster or any limit on repeat voting on the ballot page.

Readers' Choice Award Voting - Mississippi

Convention South hosts a Readers' Choice ballot for Mississippi on its own website, with editions confirmed for 2024, 2025 and 2026. Supporters pick their favorites and press Submit before moving to the next state's form. The organizer has not published the voting window, the category roster or any per-supporter limit, so businesses planning a campaign need to check the live ballot before they commit.

The Clarion-Ledger Jackson Metro Student of the Week

The Clarion-Ledger invites readers across the Jackson metro of Mississippi to nominate outstanding high school students through a publisher form, then settle each weekly title by public ballot on Crowdsignal's poll.fm. The 2025 ballot ran October 26 to November 1 and closed with the leader on 67 percent of 22,297 votes. Confirmed editions date to 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the publisher describes the feature as a weekly salute to local high school achievement.

WCBI Viewers' Choice Awards

The Viewers' Choice Awards 2026 is WCBI TV's open voting ballot for Columbus, Mississippi. The 2026 edition ran on Second Street from December 31, 2025 through May 1, 2026 and is now closed. Six editions are confirmed across 2021 through 2026. Supporters who return to the ballot can log in and vote again up to once a day. The category roster is not published on the material at hand; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

WCBI Viewers' Choice Awards

WCBI Viewers' Choice Awards is a Mississippi readers'-choice program run by WCBI-TV on the Second Street ballot platform at wcbi.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions have run since 2021, and the most recent round opened December 31, 2025 and closed May 1, 2026 as a single combined ballot rather than separate nomination and voting rounds. A category roster and any per-supporter vote limit are not published on the page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

WXXV Viewer's Choice Awards

Gulfport · WXXV-TV

Voting for the 2026 WXXV Viewer's Choice Awards is open now, July 7 through September 10, run by WXXV-TV, a Gulfport, Mississippi television station, at wxxv25.secondstreetapp.com. Five confirmed editions run back to 2022. The current listing stops short of stating which categories qualify or how many times a supporter may return, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle for either detail before the September 10 close.

2025 MARL Pet Photo Calendar Contest

The Mississippi Animal Rescue League runs the 2025 MARL Pet Photo Calendar Contest on GoGo Photo Contest, presented by Fur On My Shirt Pet Photography. Editions are confirmed for 2024 and 2025. The rules page prints a voting period from 8:00 AM Central on Monday, March 18, 2024 to 8:00 PM Central on Monday, May 13, 2024, with the submission period on the same dates. Votes cost $1 each with a five-vote minimum, and the top 13 vote-receiving entries determine the calendar winners.

2025 MARL Pet Photo Contest

The 2025 MARL Pet Photo Contest is a pet photo calendar ballot run by the Mississippi Animal Rescue League of Jackson, presented by Fur On My Shirt Pet Photography and hosted on GoGo Photo Contest. Confirmed editions cover 2025 and 2026. Unlike the state's best-of readers' choice ballots, this one asks supporters to browse pet photo entries and vote for favorites, with the shelter as the beneficiary.

WCBI Cutest Couple Contest 2026

WCBI-TV stages the Cutest Couple Contest 2026 as a public photo vote hosted on Second Street. The 2026 ballot opened January 30 and closed February 12, with voting itself starting February 5 per the station. A 2025 edition preceded this one on the same host. Support is cast on the ballot at wcbi.secondstreetapp.com, and anyone backing a couple should read the rules shown there before rallying friends, because the station keeps some details off the listing.