Enterprise-Journal Readers' Choice Awards: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Enterprise-Journal Readers' Choice Awards and who runs it?

The Enterprise-Journal Readers' Choice Awards is a reader vote run by the Enterprise-Journal, a newspaper published in McComb, Mississippi. The 2026 page lives on the organizer's website, so the newspaper hosts the vote itself rather than a third-party poll service. The masthead carries the copyright line of Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

Program facts

Because the vertical is best-of, the program groups with the other Mississippi ballots listed later on this page, all of which ask readers to pick local favourites.

Which Readers' Choice editions are confirmed, and when does the window open?

The Enterprise-Journal Readers' Choice Awards has run in 2025 and 2026, both confirmed. The 2026 ballot is the current round, and the program qualifies as annual, so a 2027 round is the next expected edition. No start or end day shows in the listing, so the 2026 round has no stated window.

Edition timeline

How does a supporter vote on the Readers' Choice ballot today?

The vote is a public web ballot. A supporter opens the 2026 page on the Enterprise-Journal site, chooses from the options the ballot lists, and submits the form on the same page. No account step is described, and the category roster is not shown in the text this section relies on.

Each stage happens on the newspaper's domain, so a reader never needs a separate host to finish the vote.

The three stages above are the whole path the listing describes. Nothing in the material adds a registration step or a second screen before submission, so the path ends at the submit button.

How does this ballot sit beside other Mississippi best-of contests?

Six sibling ballots share the same state and vertical. Best of Mississippi covers the state as a whole, while Best of Coastal Mississippi, Best of Oxford and Daily Journal Readers Choice (Tupelo) are regional. The Enterprise-Journal ballot is the McComb newspaper's own page, which sets it apart from the Best of the Best Jackson ballot tied to the Clarion Ledger. Readers who want a broader field can compare it with the 2026 Best of the Best listing, and the state overview is at Mississippi contests.

Readers following several Mississippi ballots will notice that the Oxford and Tupelo entries come from local papers, while the statewide entry does not. The 2026 Best of the Best listing shares this round's year label, so it is the closest match for a like-for-like comparison.

What can a supporter do to help a nominee on this ballot?

Support for a choice on the Readers' Choice ballot comes from readers who open the 2026 page and vote on it themselves. The newspaper's own announcements are the best place to watch for changes to the ballot. Outside services that sell votes exist for many contests, but the listing does not say whether the Enterprise-Journal allows purchased votes, and the organizer has not stated that rule on the ballot page. A supporter who wants more reach can share the 2026 page with friends, and the guide to getting more votes online covers general tactics that stay inside a contest's rules. For a wider view of paid options, see buy votes online, and read the organizer's terms before using any service.