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Read more →8 contests with public online voting in New York — Athlete of the Week and more. Real, paced votes; honest guidance on each contest's rules.
Statewide New York · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive)
Weekly statewide fan poll published by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-york, recognising standout NYSPHSAA athletes across all eleven sections and all classification levels. Free to vote, no account required, closes Friday 11:59 p.m. PT each week.
Statewide New York · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive)
Season-end annual fan-vote awards run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-york; separate sport-specific polls — statewide football, Long Island positional awards, baseball, basketball — with no per-vote cap. Open statewide across all eleven NYSPHSAA sections plus CHSFL and CHSAA private-school conferences.
Statewide New York · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group, formerly SBLive Sports)
Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards for girls high school softball, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/new-york — covering all eleven NYSPHSAA sections and CHSAA statewide New York, with separate positional and class-level polls and no per-vote cap. Updated June 2026.
Brooklyn · Schneps Media / Brooklyn Paper
Annual Schneps Media readers-choice awards for Brooklyn businesses, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public daily voting by email and category.
Queens · Schneps Media / QNS
A Queens readers-choice awards program from Schneps Media / QNS with daily public voting across hundreds of local business categories.
Bronx · Schneps Media / Bronx Times
Annual reader-choice awards programme run by Schneps Media through the Bronx Times, recognising the top local businesses and services across roughly 60 categories. Nominations open in January, public voting runs mid-April through late August with one vote per email per category per day, and winners are announced in mid-December.
Long Island · FourLeaf Federal Credit Union / Schneps Media
Annual Long Island readers-choice awards run by FourLeaf Federal Credit Union with Schneps Media, covering about 14 macro-categories and hundreds of subcategories after nominations and public voting.
Manhattan · Schneps Media (The Villager, Gay City News, Downtown Express)
Annual reader-choice awards for Manhattan businesses and services, run by Schneps Media through publications including The Villager, Gay City News, and Downtown Express. Nominations run January through late March, voting opens May 19 and closes August 21, with one vote per person per category per day; winners are published in a special guide.
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