Montana Online Voting Contests

KBZK Bozeman Athlete of the Week

The KBZK (CBS affiliate, Bozeman) community Athlete of the Week feature for Gallatin Valley high school sports, a nomination-driven page published on KBZK's community section during the school-year season, run on the same MontanaSports-network format as sister station KTVQ in Billings.

KTVQ Billings Athlete of the Week

The KTVQ (Q2, Billings' CBS affiliate) community Athlete of the Week program for Yellowstone County high school sports, a nomination-driven feature published on KTVQ's community page during the school-year season, with the same program structure as sister MontanaSports-network station KBZK in Bozeman.

Missoulian Athlete of the Week

Missoula and western Montana · Missoulian (Lee Enterprises)

Missoulian.com's prep sports section runs a free weekly Athlete of the Week fan vote for western Montana high schools, sponsored by Republic Services. Unlike Montana's other prep sports polls, the vote closes at a fixed time every week: 5 p.m. Tuesday, not a day that shifts with the sports calendar.

Montana High School Athlete of the Week

Statewide Montana · NBC Montana (KECI/KCFW/KTVM/KDBZ — Gray Television)

NBC Montana (KECI/KCFW/KTVM/KDBZ) runs a free weekly fan vote at nbcmontana.com covering every MHSA sport from Class AA through Class C — statewide scope, a per-device cap that resets on a set interval, and a close time that shifts week to week depending on the MHSA schedule.

Montana High School Player of the Year

Statewide Montana · SI / High School on SI (Sports Illustrated)

SI's High School on SI network runs an annual, end-of-season Montana High School Player of the Year public vote at si.com/high-school/montana, drawing nominees from every MHSA classification across all three sports seasons. No account is needed to vote; the exact window and any vote limit are posted on the live poll page each cycle.

Best of Billings

Billings Gazette's annual Best of Billings readers-choice awards, run on Lee Enterprises' SecondStreet ballot at billingsgazette.secondstreetapp.com, with the contest confirmed live at billingsgazette.com/contests/best-of-billings/ for 2025, a separate program from Community Votes Billings.

Best of Butte & Beyond

The Montana Standard's annual readers-choice awards for Butte-area businesses, run on Lee Enterprises' SecondStreet platform, readers nominate first, then a public online vote on the finalist ballot decides winners.

Best of Helena

The Helena Independent Record's (Lee Enterprises) readers-choice awards for Helena, Montana businesses, with a confirmed 2024 cycle on helenair.com and 2025-2026 assumed to continue the same annual pattern Lee runs at its Billings, Missoula, and Butte papers.

Best of Missoula

Missoulian's (Lee Enterprises) annual Best of Missoula readers-choice awards, run at missoulian.com. A Facebook post confirmed 2025 nominations were open, and results tie to the paper's Sunday edition. It's a separate program from Community Votes Missoula. Exact dates, categories, and the voting platform aren't published; confirm them on the live site each cycle.

Best of the Flathead

The Daily Inter Lake's annual readers-choice awards for the Flathead Valley, spanning Kalispell, Whitefish, and the surrounding valley communities, with nominations followed by public online voting across dozens of categories on the dailyinterlake.secondstreetapp.com platform.

Best of Whitefish

Whitefish · Whitefish Pilot (Hagadone News Network)

Annual Whitefish Pilot readers-choice awards for Whitefish, Montana businesses, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public online voting through the SecondStreet platform.

Bozeman's Choice

Bozeman Magazine's annual Bozeman's Choice readers-choice awards for Bozeman, Montana businesses, run at bozemanmagazine.com, with the 2026 cycle confirmed through the magazine's "Let's Meet At the Top: Bozeman's Choice 2026" article published October 1, 2025 and voting open that same month, a separate ballot from Metroland Media's Community Votes Bozeman.

Community Votes Billings

Metroland Media's CommunityVotes program for Billings, Montana, hosted at billings.communityvotes.com, where businesses are nominated first and the public votes for finalists afterward; an Instagram announcement confirms the 2026 cycle is live, with categories and dates set on the current ballot.

Community Votes Bozeman

Metroland Media's annual CommunityVotes readers-choice program for Bozeman, Montana, run at bozeman.communityvotes.com, where nominees typically move through a nominate-then-vote ballot; the 2025 cycle is confirmed active, though exact categories, the nomination window, and any vote cap are not yet published for this specific market.

Community Votes Great Falls

Metroland Media's CommunityVotes readers-choice program for Great Falls, Montana, hosted at greatfalls.communityvotes.com. The 2025 cycle is confirmed active and the program runs annually; exact categories, the vote window, and any cap should be confirmed on the current ballot before a business builds a campaign around it.

Community Votes Missoula

Metroland Media's CommunityVotes readers-choice program for Missoula, Montana, hosted at missoula.communityvotes.com. The 2026 cycle's nomination window is confirmed as running February 16 through June 7, a longer, more specifically published window than Montana's other CommunityVotes and readers-choice sibling programs currently disclose on their own sites.

Great Falls Tribune Readers' Choice

Gannett's USA TODAY Network annual readers-choice program for Great Falls, Montana, run at greatfallstribune.com. The Tribune's network confirms the same business-plus-athlete-poll pattern at Sioux Falls's Argus Leader; exact categories, dates, and any cap should be confirmed on the live site each cycle.

Missoula Parade of Homes People's Choice Award

The Missoula Building Industry Association's People's Choice Award, voted online after touring the homes built for the annual September Parade of Homes — a public ballot, not a jury pick, that only counts votes from people who walked through the houses first.