North Carolina Online Voting Contests

Charlotte Observer Athlete of the Week

Charlotte · The Charlotte Observer (McClatchy)

The Charlotte Observer (McClatchy) runs two free fan polls weekly — boys and girls, separately — covering NCHSAA schools across Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, and Gaston counties. The poll lives at charlotteobserver.com, uses a refresh-to-vote mechanic with no hourly cap, and closes hard at noon Friday. The Observer sports desk picks nominees; highest vote total at close wins outright.

Charlotte Observer Boys High School Athlete of the Week

Charlotte · Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer's weekly fan vote for the top boys high school athlete in the Charlotte metro — multi-sport, year-round, closes Friday at noon Eastern. Unlike the SI/SBLive state polls that run all week to Sunday, this one gives voters five days and cuts off at midday Friday.

Charlotte Observer Girls High School Athlete of the Week

Charlotte · Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer's weekly fan vote for the top girls high school athlete in the Charlotte metro — multi-sport, year-round, closes Friday at noon Eastern. The same paper runs an independent boys poll simultaneously; this ballot covers girls only, pulling nominees from ten counties plus CISAA private schools with no account or login required to vote.

Fans' Choice 910Preps Boys' Athlete of the Year

A June 2025 ballot is the latest confirmed edition of this North Carolina high school boys' athletics public vote. The program runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, and 2022 is the other confirmed edition year. No publisher name is published, and categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Greensboro News & Record Player of the Week

Greensboro · Greensboro News & Record (greensboro.com)

A weekly open public fan-vote poll on greensboro.com naming a Player of the Week across high school football and other sports, sponsored by Deuterman Law and run by the Greensboro News & Record — a separate ballot from the statewide SI/SBLive poll, the Charlotte Observer's metro poll, and the HighSchoolOT/WRAL Triangle poll already covering North Carolina.

HighSchoolOT Athlete of the Week

Raleigh · HighSchoolOT / WRAL (Capitol Broadcasting Company)

Weekly fan-vote poll presented by State Employees' Credit Union at highschoolot.com, naming a male and female Athlete of the Week from North Carolina's Triangle area and all six NC area codes each school year. Operated by Capitol Broadcasting Company (WRAL parent), covering NCHSAA schools across Wake, Durham, Johnston, and Chatham counties.

North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best North Carolina prep baseball performance of the week. SI's editors pick 10 nominees from across all eight NCHSAA classifications; anyone can vote unlimited times with no account, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Year

Statewide North Carolina · High School on SI / SBLive (Sports Illustrated / Minute Media)

Annual spring fan-vote run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) recognising the top North Carolina prep baseball player statewide; 15 candidates shortlisted from all NCHSAA classifications, public voting free, no account needed.

North Carolina High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best North Carolina boys basketball performance of the week. SI editors pick roughly ten nominees; anyone can vote with no account; the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific after a roughly six-day window.

North Carolina High School Football Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best NCHSAA football performance of the week. Fifteen nominees, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — giving campaigns a full six days from the Monday open to the Sunday night wire.

North Carolina High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week

High School on SI runs a statewide weekly fan vote each girls basketball season across all NCHSAA classifications. Editors nominate roughly 10 players, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a tighter window than the football polls, with fewer names splitting the vote.

North Carolina High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Statewide North Carolina · High School on SI / SBLive (Sports Illustrated / Minute Media)

Annual winter fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) selecting the top North Carolina prep girls basketball player statewide; SI editorial staff shortlists roughly 15 candidates across all NCHSAA classifications (1A–4A), public vote is free with no account required, poll typically closes in late March.

North Carolina High School Player of the Year

Statewide North Carolina · HighSchoolOT / WRAL Sports Fan (Capitol Broadcasting Company)

Annual statewide fan-vote awards run by HighSchoolOT (WRAL Sports Fan) covering 36 categories across fall, winter, and spring seasons; nominations open each spring and the public fan vote runs through June, with winners announced in July.

North Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week

The High School on SI statewide fan vote for the best North Carolina prep softball performance of the week. SI editors nominate 10 players from across all NCHSAA classifications; anyone can vote with no account, unlimited times, and the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT after a roughly six-day window.

North Carolina High School Softball Player of the Year

Statewide North Carolina · High School on SI / SBLive (Sports Illustrated / Minute Media)

Annual spring statewide fan-vote award run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) identifying the top North Carolina prep softball player across all NCHSAA classifications; SI editorial staff shortlist roughly 15 candidates, public vote is free with no account needed.

Tatum & Atkinson Scholar Athlete of the Week

Greensboro / High Point · WXLV ABC 45 Greensboro (abc45.com)

WXLV ABC 45 Greensboro runs Tatum & Atkinson Scholar Athlete of the Week at abc45.com, a Piedmont Triad high-school recognition segment tied to the station's Friday Night Rivals sports coverage. The current cycle's nomination window is confirmed open August through December 2026, the program's second confirmed cycle after 2025. Which categories apply, what ceiling each voter faces and when a voting stage might open are all left unstated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The Gastonia, Shelby Area Early Player of the Year

The Gastonia, Shelby Area Early Player of the Year puts a Crowdsignal (poll.fm) ballot in front of readers around Gastonia and Shelby, North Carolina. They pick an early season player of the year. Confirmed edition years: 2022 and 2025. The organizer, the exact window and the ballot categories are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The StarNews Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year

StarNews runs The StarNews Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year, a Crowdsignal (poll.fm) public ballot for North Carolina. Voting falls in June, and the 2025 and 2026 cycles are confirmed; the 2026 poll is closed. The ballot prints no category roster and sets no limit per supporter; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The Tri-County Fans' Choice Coach of the Year

This sports award recognizes coaching excellence across three North Carolina towns. Crowdsignal hosts the public vote during December. Two past cycles appear in the historical data. Supporters access the ballot via a direct poll link. Rules vary by season and require verification on the live page.

Who is the Southeast Wake Athletic Conference Player of the Year

Southeast Wake Athletic runs the Southeast Wake Athletic Conference Player of the Year ballot, a public-vote award for high school athletes across the conference's member schools in North Carolina. Voting takes place on Crowdsignal through poll.fm, and the most recent confirmed February window belonged to the 2024 edition, which has since closed. Confirmed editions also include 2023. Exact window dates and the full rules are not shown anywhere on the published poll, so supporters should rely on whatever the live ballot displays when the next vote opens.

Winston-Salem Journal Football Player of the Week

The Winston-Salem Journal's weekly Triad-region fan vote for high school football's standout performance. Nominees are entered into a Google Form poll each Monday, voting stays open through Wednesday, and the newspaper announces the winner Thursday, a shorter, Google-Form-based cycle than the statewide SI ballot covering the same season.

WSOC Big 22

Charlotte · WSOC-TV Channel 9

Annual fan-vote program by WSOC-TV Channel 9 (Cox Media Group, Charlotte) selecting 22 elite Charlotte-region high school football players each fall, then crowning a Player of the Year through multi-round public online voting — up to 9 votes per day, free, with a $10,000 school prize.

910Preps Fans' Choice Boys Soccer Player of the Year

The 910Preps Fans' Choice Boys Soccer Player of the Year ballot lets North Carolina high school soccer fans pick the standout boys player of the season. Voting runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm during December, and confirmed editions exist for 2022 and 2025. Supporter turnout decides the finish, because the campaign that rallies more voters claims the top spot. Anything the ballot leaves unstated, from exact window dates to repeat-vote rules, you should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of Chowan County

Edenton · The Chowan Herald

The Chowan Herald, Edenton's own newspaper, runs Best of Chowan County at thechowanherald.secondstreetapp.com, a combined nominate-and-vote ballot for local businesses. The confirmed 2026 window runs August 8 through September 13, with no earlier edition on file and no word yet on whether a second one follows. A category list and any vote cap are also unstated past that window; confirm all of it on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of Haywood

The Mountaineer runs Best of Haywood at themountaineer.com/best-of-haywood, based in Waynesville, North Carolina. Five editions are confirmed, 2022 through 2026. For 2026, nominations opened February 11 and voting opened March 11, with the winners edition printed in The Mountaineer newspaper on April 29. Day-level dates for the 2027 cycle, along with any vote cap, are not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best Of Nc Heroes

Best of NC Heroes is a public-vote contest from Horton & Mendez Injury Attorneys that honors everyday heroes across North Carolina. The firm launched it in 2025 and continued it in 2026. Voting for the 2026 contest is open now through May 18th, 2026, and supporters nominate and vote for their favorite local hero online. This reference page explains who runs the ballot, what dates are fixed, how the vote works and what the organizer has left unpublished.

Best of North Carolina

Annual statewide community-voted business awards run by GuideToNC.com, covering 20+ industry sections across three recognition tiers, with public nomination and voting each cycle.

Best of the Albemarle 2026

Best of the Albemarle is the readers' choice contest the Daily Advance stages for the Elizabeth City, North Carolina market. The 2026 edition accepted nominations and votes between January 12 and February 24, 2026, and that cycle is now closed. Six editions have appeared on the publisher's Second Street ballot from 2021 through 2026, with a 2027 edition expected to follow.

Best of the Pines (The Pilot)

Since 2019, Southern Pines, North Carolina has kept one nominate-then-vote ballot running without a break, Best of the Pines, organized by The Pilot Promotions and built on the Second Street system at pilot.secondstreetapp.com. Eight editions carry that unbroken run forward, 2019 into 2026, and this year's cycle names go in from June 1 through 21 before the vote itself opens July 8 through 28. Once that stretch ends the page stops naming specifics, so anyone asking about categories or a supporter limit should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of the Pines 2026

Best of the Pines 2026 is the annual readers' choice ballot that The Pilot Promotions runs for Southern Pines, North Carolina, hosted on Second Street. The 2026 cycle took nominations June 1 through 21 and held its public vote July 8 through 28. Editions have run every year since 2019. The organizer has not printed the 2026 category list or any per-voter rule on the ballot pages.

Best of the Triangle

INDY Week runs Best of the Triangle, a best-of business ballot for the Triangle area of North Carolina. The program covers Wake, Durham, and Orange/Chatham Counties with county-level rounds followed by a Triangle-wide finale. The 2025 and 2026 cycles are confirmed. The voting window runs September through November; exact dates confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of the Triangle Readers' Poll

The Best of the Triangle Readers' Poll is INDY Week's readers' choice ballot for the Triangle market of North Carolina. Unlike the county-level and city-level best-of contests elsewhere in the state, this one covers a whole metro and lives on the newspaper's own site instead of a rented balloting platform. Confirmed editions run in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2026, and the 2022 voting window sat inside November. The publisher describes the program as an annual fixture in which readers name favorite restaurants, bookstores, dentists and elected officials.

Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue Calendar Photo Contest

Marshville · Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue

Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue runs its Calendar Photo Contest for supporters of the group's Great Pyrenees dogs at gogophotocontest.com/carolinapyrrescue. The rescue, based on a farm in Marshville, North Carolina, confirms voting closes September 30, 2026, at 9:00 PM Eastern time, with the page's own dated language naming 2026 as the confirmed contest year. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue CGPR's 10th Calendar Photo Contest

The Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue CGPR's 10th Calendar Photo Contest is a donate-to-vote fundraiser on GoGo Photo Contest benefiting a Great Pyrenees rescue based in Marshville, North Carolina. The 2026 voting window runs September 1 through September 30, 2026, with a 9:00 PM Eastern close on the final day. Supporters cast 1 vote per person per day for their favorite dogs, and calendar day reservations and calendar orders sit alongside the vote on the same ballot.

CFA Amazing Moms Photo Contest

The Pilot Promotions runs the CFA Amazing Moms Photo Contest, a public photo vote for Southern Pines, North Carolina, on Second Street. Two editions are on file, 2023 and 2025, with the 2025 window open through May 23. The ballot leaves its category list and any per-supporter rule unprinted, so supporters should check the live page before planning a push.

CFA Grandparents Day Photo Contest 2025

The Pilot Promotions runs the CFA Grandparents Day Photo Contest, a public-vote photo ballot based in Southern Pines, North Carolina, hosted on Second Street. The 2025 edition accepted public votes from September 5 through September 26, 2025, and that ballot is now closed. An earlier edition ran in 2023, so the program has appeared in more than a single year. The organizer has not printed the photo categories, a per-supporter vote limit, or eligibility terms on its ballot material, so supporters should check whatever rules the ballot displays whenever a new cycle opens.

Charlotte Magazine Best of the Best Awards

Charlotte Magazine's single Voters' Choice online poll, not a nominate-then-vote ballot, spanning 80-plus categories across dining, shopping, health, and local life. Voting runs January through February; winners print in the May issue. Confirmed for more than 25 straight years.

CharlotteFive Readers' Choice

Charlotte · Charlotte Observer

Four confirmed editions, 2023 through 2026, sit behind CharlotteFive Readers' Choice, the Charlotte Observer's own readers'-choice ballot for Charlotte, North Carolina, hosted directly at charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/readers-choice. The 2026 cycle is already in its voting phase as of September 2026. Exactly which day this window opened, when it shuts, and whether a per-voter limit applies stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Citizen Times and Times-News Boys Athlete of the Week

The Citizen Times and Times-News Boys Athlete of the Week is an annual award that The Citizen-Times decides by reader vote, honoring boys high school athletes in North Carolina, with the ballot running on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. The season window falls in August, the publisher's own 2026 story gives a close of Aug. 27 at noon for the current weekly poll, and each ballot names the span of dates it covers.

Citizen Times End of Regular Baseball Player of the Year

The Citizen-Times End of Regular Baseball Player of the Year poll invites North Carolina readers to choose the season's top high school baseball player on a Crowdsignal (poll.fm) ballot. Confirmed editions ran in 2022 and 2025, with voting in May. Exact window dates, category details and per-voter limits are not published.

Citizen Times End of Regular Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Readers of The Citizen-Times in North Carolina are asked to name the top girls soccer player of the regular season through a public ballot carried on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Cycles in 2023 and 2025 are the documented ones, and the paper states that voting in the live edition ends at noon on May 22. Nominees come from schools across the paper's coverage area, and any reader may submit a choice on the ballot page.

Civitas Poll Romney Leads Obama Nc

WWAY, the North Carolina television station, runs a public vote tied to its VOTE 2012 coverage of a Civitas Institute survey. That survey placed Republican Mitt Romney nine percent ahead of Democratic incumbent Barack Obama among the state's voters. The ballot lives on wwaytv3.com, the station's own domain, and editions are shown for 2012 and for 2023 through 2026, with November as the voting month. Day-level opening and closing times have not been printed by the station.

CommunityVotes Concord

A local CommunityVotes partner keeps concordnc.communityvotes.com running for Concord, North Carolina's readers'-choice business ballot. A pair of confirmed editions stand behind it, 2024 and 2026, and the page as it stands now shows the June 2026 round wrapped up with a link straight to winners. Award plaques for that round get made to order, with 6 to 8 weeks named for fulfillment. Past June, exact daily dates, a category rundown, and any per-voter ceiling go unmentioned; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Durham

Durham, North Carolina's CommunityVotes ballot runs at durham.communityvotes.com under a partner licensed locally by the network. The 2026 window opens at 6:00 in the morning on Wednesday, August 12, and it closes at 11:59 that night on Sunday, September 13, an unusually exact pair of bookends for a program whose own confirmed history goes back only to 2025, its first proven year. What other CommunityVotes cities publish carries no weight here; Durham's own results stay specific to Durham. Whatever categories apply, and whatever cap governs a single supporter's votes, wait on the live ballot to settle each cycle.

CommunityVotes Fayetteville NC

A local partner keeps fayetteville.communityvotes.com going for CommunityVotes Fayetteville, a readers'-choice business ballot. It shares nothing with Fayetteville Community's Choice Awards beyond a similar-sounding name and the same city; separate organizers run each one. Its history holds two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026, and the June 2026 round has already closed, its results page crediting campaign supporters such as Movement Mortgage and Hair by Thao. Which categories exist and what limit applies go unmentioned; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Greenville

Greenville · CommunityVotes Greenville

Greenville, North Carolina runs its own city-specific readers' choice ballot inside the CommunityVotes network, at greenville.communityvotes.com, distinct from the Daily Reflector's own newspaper-run Best Of Pitt County program. The live site puts nominations open September 2 through December 27, 2026. Category rules and any vote limit sit outside what's confirmed here; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Greenville

CommunityVotes Greenville is the best-of ballot for Greenville, North Carolina, run by CommunityVotes through a local partner. Residents nominate the businesses, people and services they rate highest, and the 2026 nomination period runs from September 2 to December 27. The program has confirmed editions across 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026, so this poll recurs in the Greenville market rather than appearing once. This page collects what the organizer publishes, how a supporter takes part, and which details only the live ballot settles.

CommunityVotes High Point

CommunityVotes puts High Point's readers'-choice ballot online through a local partner, reachable at highpoint.communityvotes.com. Two cycles make up this North Carolina program's confirmed history, one that ran in 2025, another in 2026 whose voting stretch had already wrapped by June, results already linked from the same page. Beyond that single data point, whether entries get sorted into named categories or a supporter runs into a daily cap stays unstated, leaving highpoint.communityvotes.com as the place worth trusting once a fresh cycle starts.

CommunityVotes Wilmington NC

Wilmington, North Carolina's CommunityVotes ballot has closed out three straight confirmed years, 2024, 2025 and 2026, with the newest result posted in June at wilmingtonnc.communityvotes.com. A local partner runs it on the network's behalf. Once that result went live, the page stopped naming anything further, no category breakdown, no supporter limit, and no date yet for a fourth round. The live ballot itself, not last year's pattern, is where those specifics will actually show up.

CommunityVotes Winston-Salem

CommunityVotes Winston-Salem's own published history counts exactly two editions, 2024 and 2026, and 2025 simply never appears on that list, unexplained. A partner licensed locally for Winston-Salem, North Carolina keeps the ballot running at winstonsalem.communityvotes.com, where the 2026 window opens at 6:00 in the morning on Wednesday, August 12 and runs until 11:59 that night on Sunday, September 13. A separate promote page sits alongside the main address for businesses wanting extra visibility. Categories and any per-voter ceiling stay off that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Daily Courier Readers' Choice Awards

Forest City, North Carolina's Daily Courier Readers' Choice Awards runs on Second Street at thedigitalcourier.secondstreetapp.com, hosted by The Daily Courier. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2023, 2024, and 2026, with the most recent window running May 4 through June 23, 2026. Past that window, the page stays silent on categories and on any per-supporter limit; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Daily Reflector Best Of Pitt County

The Daily Reflector's Readers' Choice Awards for Pitt, Beaufort, Greene, Lenoir, and Martin counties, a two-stage open-nomination-then-public-vote program that drew 148,679 votes in its 2025 cycle.

Event Annual Awards Call For

HBA Greensboro runs the Event Annual Awards Call For on its own website, greensborobuilders.org, serving the Greensboro, North Carolina building industry. The 2024 Annual Awards nomination round ran from January 15, 2025 to February 15, 2025. Edition years on file cover 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the association says it has recognized members annually since 1980. The category roster and any voting limit are not printed on the nomination page, so readers should verify those details where the ballot itself lives.

Fans' Choice 910Preps Football Offensive Player of the Year Poll

North Carolina high school football fans pick a year-end offensive honoree through this public vote, hosted on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Confirmed editions cover 2022 and 2025, and the voting window lands in December. The publisher behind the 910Preps brand has not been named alongside the poll, so readers should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Fans' Choice Best of 910Preps Boys Tennis Player of the Year

This public vote program honors boys tennis players across North Carolina using a Crowdsignal platform. Edition years include 2022 and 2025 with voting typically occurring in May. Organizer details are not listed on the ballot page so supporters should confirm on the live ballot each cycle. Sibling programs cover other sports and regions within the state.

Favorites of the Foothills

Tryon Daily Bulletin organizes Favorites of the Foothills, a readers'-choice business ballot on Second Street at tryondailybulletin2.secondstreetapp.com. It has run in 2025 and again in 2026, each round folding nomination and voting into one combined page. The 2025 round ran April 29 through July 7, 2025, and the 2026 round ran May 1 through August 1, 2026; both windows have already closed. Tryon Daily Bulletin publishes no city boundary for the ballot beyond its own name, and neither a category sheet nor a vote ceiling shows up on the page past those dates; treat all three as matters to confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Favorites Of The Foothills 2026

Favorites Of The Foothills 2026 is a readers' choice awards ballot for local businesses, individuals and organizations, run by the North Carolina newspaper Tryon Daily Bulletin on Second Street. The 2026 round ran from May 1 through August 1, 2026 and is closed. A 2025 round is also confirmed, making the program annual. The category list and the voting rules sit on the live ballot, not in any summary.

Fayetteville Community's Choice Awards

YourChoiceAwards, a LocaliQ readers-choice platform, runs the Fayetteville Community's Choice Awards at yourchoiceawards.com/fayetteville/, covering roughly 140 local business categories through a nominate-then-vote structure. Fayetteville and the surrounding Cumberland County area are the confirmed coverage zone, with exact nomination dates and vote rules published only on the live site each cycle.

Mount Airy News Mountie Awards

Mount Airy · Mt Airy News

Unlike a statewide ballot that runs every single year without a break, Mount Airy's own Mountie Awards has three confirmed editions on the books, 2023, 2025 and 2026, with no 2026 falling exactly where a strict annual pattern would predict it, since 2024 never shows up in between. Mt Airy News runs the ballot at mtairynews.secondstreetapp.com on Second Street, and the 2026 round opened January 30 and closed March 2. How many categories the ballot carries, and how often one supporter may vote, is not printed there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

North Carolina Girls Performer of the Week

Each week during a season, a Crowdsignal poll at poll.fm asks North Carolina readers to pick the week's top girls high school performer. The poll now sitting at the voting address covers Jun. 15-21 and is marked closed. Seasons ran in 2024, then 2025, then 2026. No publisher name, category list or repeat-vote rule is printed, so the live poll settles dates and rules.

Raleigh's Best

The News & Observer's annual Raleigh readers-choice awards, open public voting across 100+ categories with no nomination round, pulling 366,000+ votes in the 2025 cycle.

Readers Choice Awards 2026

Most best-of ballots in North Carolina belong to a metro magazine or a statewide roundup. This one belongs to a small-city daily. The Daily Courier of Forest City runs its Readers Choice Awards on a Second Street ballot, and three editions are on the books: 2023, 2024 and 2026. The most recent window ran May 4 through June 23, 2026 and has closed. The category roster and any voting limits are not printed with the listing, so the live ballot is where those details get verified each cycle.

Readers Choice Story

The Readers Choice Story ballot belongs to Our State, the North Carolina magazine, and it is hosted in-house on ourstate.com with no outside polling service involved. Confirmed editions appear across nine years, most recently 2025, with results activity anchored to December. Category rosters, exact voting dates and any per-person vote rule are not printed for this program, so anyone planning support should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

RoCo Gold Peoples' Choice

Salisbury, North Carolina's daily newspaper, the Salisbury Post, runs RoCo Gold Peoples' Choice on a Second Street ballot hosted at salisburypost3.secondstreetapp.com. Two editions are confirmed, 2025 and 2026, and instead of splitting nomination from voting into separate stretches, this program keeps both inside one continuous window: the 2026 run is confirmed open July 23 through September 11. A category roster and a limit on votes per supporter are both missing past that window, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle before promising either detail to a supporter.

RoCo Gold Peoples' Choice 2026

Salisbury Post runs the RoCo Gold Peoples' Choice ballot for Rowan County, North Carolina, on its Second Street balloting hub. The 2026 edition is open now, taking nominations and votes from July 23 through September 11, 2026. A 2025 edition ran the previous summer on the same platform, and the newspaper describes the program as annual.

Star of the Year '26

Star of the Year '26 is a public-vote business ballot run by The Pilot Promotions on Second Street in Southern Pines, North Carolina. The 2026 voting window ran from May 23 through May 29, 2026 and is now closed. The programme ran in 2025 and then again in 2026, and a 2027 cycle is the natural next step. The category lineup and the per-supporter rules are absent from the ballot page, so businesses planning a push should read the live ballot before committing effort to it.

StarNews Athlete of the Week Poll

The weekly StarNews Athlete of the Week ballot is a high school fan vote run by the StarNews newsroom for the Wilmington area of North Carolina, carried on Crowdsignal at poll.fm/17046036. Confirmed editions: 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026, each of them built on weekly ballots from September through May. The currently confirmed ballot closes Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

StarNews Baseball Player of the Year Fan Vote

StarNews, the southeastern North Carolina sports publisher, lets readers choose its Baseball Player of the Year through a fan vote on Crowdsignal's poll.fm site. The 2026 edition carried 23 nominees from schools including Hoggard, Laney, Topsail, New Hanover and North Brunswick. That poll is now closed, having accepted votes through Tuesday, February 17 at 11:59 p.m. A 2025 edition preceded it, and a 2027 run is the next one expected.

StarNews Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year Poll

StarNews runs the Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year Poll as a public end-of-season reader vote hosted on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. The 2026 voting window runs June 7 through June 25, 2026, and the poll has confirmed editions in 2022, 2025 and 2026. Supporters reach the ballot, pick a nominee and log a vote; the results table updates as votes land. This page collects the window, the mechanic and the rules gaps in one place.

StarNews Boys Soccer End-of-Season StarNews Boys Soccer End-of Player of the Year Poll

StarNews Boys Soccer End-of-Season runs this end-of-season fan poll, hosted on Crowdsignal (poll.fm), recognizing high school boys soccer players in North Carolina. Confirmed edition years are 2022 and 2025, with voting in December. Exact window dates go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

StarNews Boys Soccer End-of-Season: VOTE: StarNews Boys Soccer End-of Player of the Year Poll

StarNews, the coastal North Carolina sports desk behind the poll, asks readers to pick a boys soccer player of the year after the high school season wraps. The vote runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, and the ballot carries names of nominees from schools across the state. Confirmed cycles ran in 2022 and 2025, with voting falling in December. Anyone backing a nominee needs the live ballot for current dates and rules.

StarNews End-of-Season: VOTE: StarNews End-of Football Player of the Year

The StarNews End-of-Season vote for Football Player of the Year is decided on a public ballot hosted on Crowdsignal via poll.fm, run by StarNews for North Carolina high school football. Confirmed editions sit in 2022 and 2025, and the latest vote was held in December. Nominees appear on the ballot beside their high schools, a supporter picks one and submits, and the host marked the 2025 ballot closed.

StarNews High School Football Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Poll

StarNews, the Wilmington-area publisher in North Carolina, runs a preseason offensive player of the year poll for high school football on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. The live ballot sits at poll.fm/15836767. The publisher's own coverage tells supporters to vote as often as they like until Thursday, Aug. 20 at 11:59 p.m. Confirmed editions ran in 2022 and 2025, and the 2025 ballot now shows as closed.

StarNews Preseason High School Volleyball Player of the Year Poll

StarNews stages a preseason volleyball player of the year vote for Wilmington, North Carolina, readers, with the ballot hosted at poll.fm on Crowdsignal. The 2026 window closes Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 11:59 p.m. The publisher invites unlimited repeat voting, and confirmed editions sit in 2022 and 2025. No category roster appears on the ballot, so check the live poll each cycle.

Stokes News Readers' Choice

Stokes News runs Stokes News Readers' Choice for Stokes County, North Carolina, at stokesnews.secondstreetapp.com on the SecondStreet platform. Three editions are confirmed so far, 2024 through 2026, with the 2026 ballot running June 16 through July 14, 2026. Past that window, Stokes News's own live page is what actually settles any category list or vote cap, confirmed fresh each cycle.

Tag Cma Awards

Tag Cma Awards is a WKML public vote in North Carolina. The organizer hosts it on its own site, and the voting phase sits in November. Confirmed years run 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026. Category count and per-voter rules are unpublished, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The Ingles WNC Football Midseason Defensive Player of the Year

Ingles WNC runs a single midseason poll for western North Carolina football, and the Defensive Player of the Year ballot is its defensive half. Voting is hosted on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, opens during September, and editions ran in 2022 and again in 2025. The current ballot is closed, so the next window is not yet dated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The North Carolina Boys Basketball Player of the Year

A statewide fan vote decides The North Carolina Boys Basketball Player of the Year, an honor for high school boys basketball talent across North Carolina. Crowdsignal provides the balloting through its poll.fm service, and the confirmed 2025 poll ran from March 17 through March 31 before closing. Earlier coverage ties a 2023 edition to the same program, and the vote is treated as an annual fixture.

The Pilot Star of the Year

Unlike Best of North Carolina, run by a different organizer, The Pilot Star of the Year is Southern Pines' own ballot, hosted on Second Street at pilot.secondstreetapp.com through The Pilot Promotions. The program has run twice so far, in 2025 and again in 2026 as Star of the Year '26, with voting held May 23 through May 29, 2026. That window has closed; categories and a vote limit stay unlisted, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The PRZNC Player of the Year

PRZNC puts The PRZNC Player of the Year up as a fan ballot on Crowdsignal's poll.fm host, letting North Carolina high school football followers crown a season player of the year. The 2022 and 2025 cycles are the confirmed editions, and the 2025 ballot ran through October. PRZNC prints no precise dates, no nomination route and no repeat-vote rule, so anyone planning a push needs to check the live ballot first.

The Southeast Wake Athletic Conference Player of the Year

Southeast Wake Athletic decides its conference Player of the Year by public vote, hosting the ballot on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Nominees come from conference schools around Green Level, Holly Springs and Panther Creek in North Carolina. Confirmed editions ran in 2023 and 2024, and the 2024 poll was open during February before closing as a settled result.

The Tri-County Fans' Choice Defensive Player of the Year

The Tri-County Fans' Choice Defensive Player of the Year contest runs as a single Crowdsignal (poll.fm) fan ballot, number 16370748, for North Carolina high school football supporters. Confirmed editions took place in 2023 and 2025, with December voting. No publisher name appears on the ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The WNC Boys Basketball Preseason Player of the Year

WNC, the magazine publisher behind wncmagazine.com, puts up a preseason boys basketball honor roll question for western North Carolina fans, with Crowdsignal running the balloting through its poll.fm service. The window lands in November, and seasons stand for 2022 and 2025. Nominees come from high school programs across the region, and supporters pick a player and send the form. WNC prints no standing calendar for the next preseason poll; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The WNC Girls Basketball Midseason Player of the Year

WNC magazine asks readers to pick the top girls basketball player of the midseason through a Crowdsignal ballot hosted at poll.fm. The North Carolina award has two confirmed winters, 2022 and 2025, and the ballot has appeared in January. The window and the frequency rule are unpublished, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The WNC Girls Basketball Preseason Player of the Year

North Carolina's WNC Girls Basketball Preseason Player of the Year lets fans across the state's western mountains pick the top high school girls basketball honoree on a Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm, presented by WNC Magazine. Confirmed editions ran in 2022 and 2025, and the most recent ballot carried a November voting window before closing. The 2025 poll is marked closed on the ballot page itself. School communities across western North Carolina vote for the preseason honoree, and the leading option finished at 48% on 6,431 votes. Exact window dates, category details and any per-supporter limit are not published, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Vote for The Fayetteville Observer's Student of the Week

The Fayetteville Observer invites readers to choose a Student of the Week through a free poll on Crowdsignal. Editions are confirmed for 2022, 2024 and 2025, and the January 27 ballot has closed. The newspaper leaves the current window dates, the category setup, and any per-person voting rule off the printed ballot.

Vote for the Ingles WNC football midseason Defensive Player of the Year

Ingles WNC presents the football midseason Defensive Player of the Year for western North Carolina as a public poll for high school football defense, with the ballot carried on poll.fm, Crowdsignal's polling service. Confirmed runs came in 2022 and 2025, each inside a September window. The organizer prints no list of categories, no per-supporter limit and no dates, so the live ballot is the authority.

Vote for the StarNews Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year

The StarNews Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year is an end-of-season public vote from the North Carolina publisher StarNews, hosted on Crowdsignal through poll.fm. Two cycles are confirmed, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 ballot listed 26 nominees and accepted votes through Thursday, June 25, at 11:59 p.m., with fans free to cast unlimited repeat votes. That poll has since closed.

VOTE HERE: StarNews Softball Player of the Year

The StarNews sports desk runs a public player-of-the-year ballot for North Carolina high school softball. Voting happens on Crowdsignal through the poll.fm domain, and confirmed editions ran in June 2025 and June 2026. The 2026 poll has closed. StarNews has not printed the next window's dates.

Who Do You Think Is the WNC Midseason Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Two confirmed editions, 2022 and 2025, sit behind this WNC magazine poll, which asks a single midseason question about girls soccer across the WNC region's high school scene. The ballot runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, the live window closes April 17 at noon, and the magazine attaches no rules text to the question, so supporters should read the live form during the April span.

Who is the PRZNC Player of the Year

PRZNC, a North Carolina football brand, runs a public player-of-the-year poll on poll.fm, the Crowdsignal voting site. The program ran in 2022 and again in 2025, and the 2025 cycle's voting falls in October. The ballot lists high school football nominees by position and school from across the state, and supporters pick one nominee and submit. PRZNC has not printed the dates its ballot opens and closes, so supporters read the live page when October arrives.

Who's your pick South Jersey's Baseball Coach of the Year

Baseball followers can settle the coach of the year debate through a South Jersey fan pick that runs as a Crowdsignal poll. The question asks which coach deserves the season honour, and the page sits in this site's North Carolina catalogue. Ballots are on file for 2023 and for 2025, with the newest one dated June and now showing Poll Closed.

WNC Boys Basketball Player of the Year at Midseason

WNC runs the WNC Boys Basketball Player of the Year at Midseason, a sport public-vote ballot hosted on Crowdsignal (poll.fm) for readers in North Carolina. Confirmed edition years are 2022 and 2025, with the 2025 voting window falling in January. The ballot names area high school players and closed after the midseason mark.

WNC Girls Basketball Regular Player of the Year

WNC Girls Basketball Regular Player of the Year gathers North Carolina supporters for a girls basketball choice through Crowdsignal (poll.fm). The confirmed 2025 edition ran in February. The organizer is not published. The 2022 edition is also confirmed. Whether the ballot returns in 2026 is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

WNC High School Softball Preseason Player of the Year Poll

Run by WNC magazine for western North Carolina, the WNC High School Softball Preseason Player of the Year Poll is a preseason softball fan vote hosted on Crowdsignal through poll.fm. Confirmed editions sit in 2023 and 2025, and the 2025 ballot ran in March. Exact window dates, the category list and any per-supporter limit are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

WNC Magazine Choice Awards

WNC Magazine's annual Choice Awards for Western North Carolina, decided entirely by popular vote across roughly 50-plus categories at choice.wncmagazine.com. No judged shortlist is documented; winners are published each year in the magazine's print Winter issue rather than posted immediately online after voting closes.

WNCT Bucks-n-Ducks Photo Contest

Entries and public voting for the WNCT Bucks-n-Ducks Photo Contest run September 13, 2026 through January 1, 2027, hosted by WNCT-TV on the Second Street platform at wnct.secondstreetapp.com. Only one edition is confirmed so far; whether the contest comes back next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. A category list and any per-voter cap: confirm both there too.

WRAL Voters’ Choice Awards

WRAL runs the Voters’ Choice Awards, a public-vote best-of ballot for North Carolina. Confirmed edition years are 2024 and 2025, with the voting phase in September. Categories, exact window dates and any ceiling on votes go unpublished for the next cycle; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Yadkin Ripple Readers' Choice Awards

Set against Best of North Carolina's statewide reach, the Yadkin Ripple Readers' Choice Awards stays a single newspaper's own ballot, run by The Yadkin Ripple through Second Street at theyadkinripple.secondstreetapp.com. Confirmed editions cover 2025 into 2026, and the most recent voting stretch, July 15 through August 11, sits closed for now. No printed category roster or per-voter rule shows up on the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Yadkin Ripple Readers' Choice Awards 2026

The Yadkin Ripple, a North Carolina newspaper, runs the Readers' Choice Awards each year on Second Street. The 2026 ballot opened July 15, 2026 and closed August 11, 2026. A 2025 edition is confirmed on the same host at its own address, and the pattern points to a further round in 2027. The listing names no category lineup and no per-reader rule, so those details belong to the live ballot.

Your 910Preps Preseason Softball Player of the Year

This program recognizes high school softball athletes across North Carolina during the preseason period. Voting occurs on a Crowdsignal platform where supporters select a player of the year. Confirmed edition years include 2022 and 2025 with annual recurrence expected. The publisher identity is not listed in available sources; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Miss North Carolina People's Choice

Miss North Carolina People's Choice is a statewide pageant fundraiser vote run directly by the Miss North Carolina Organization at missnc.org/peopleschoice. Two confirmed editions stand behind it, 2024 and 2025, with voting historically opening in May and closing in June. Support is collected as a payment rather than a free click, the live page names Venmo, handle @mncorg, for support submitted online, and cash for support submitted in person at the State Competition. No single city anchors this program; confirm the category roster, per-voter cap and exact 2026 dates on the live ballot each cycle.

2026 Dog of the Year Contest

Two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026, anchor the 2026 Dog of the Year Contest, a December public vote staged by paws4people foundation on GoGo Photo Contest. The ballot runs from December 1 through December 31, 2025, with a grand prize that includes custom beer label artwork from Wrightsville Beach Brewery. Wilmington, North Carolina serves as the organizational base.

2026 Triangle Dog Of The Year

Five Freedoms Photography runs the Triangle Dog Of The Year, a pet photo ballot that raises money for Second Chance Pet Adoptions in Raleigh, North Carolina. The ballot lives on the GoGo Photo Contest platform. Voting for the 2025 cycle opened February 11th at 10 AM EST and closed March 9th at 8 PM EST. The 2026 edition is confirmed, and two edition years, 2025 and 2026, are on file. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Azalea Festival Pet Royalty Court Contest

The North Carolina Azalea Festival stages a pet photo ballot that crowns a royalty court from public votes cast in Wilmington, North Carolina. GoGo Photo Contest hosts the ballot. The 2025 cycle opened submissions on February 3 and voting on February 17, closing both on March 17. Every dollar donated converts to one vote, and the festival has run editions in 2024 and 2025.

CFA Cutest Kids & Pets 2025

The Pilot Promotions, the promotions arm of the Southern Pines newspaper The Pilot, ran CFA Cutest Kids & Pets 2025 as a photo contest on Second Street. Voting opened January 2 and closed January 24, 2025. Confirmed editions exist for 2023 and 2025, and the next cycle is expected in 2026. The category lineup and any per-voter limit are absent from the published listing.

Cutest Pet Contest 2025 (stokesnews)

Stokes News invites pet owners and their neighbours in King and Stokes County, North Carolina, to vote for favourite animals in its Cutest Pet Contest. The 2025 ballot ran on Second Street from October 22 through November 26, 2025, and the publisher has staged the contest every year from 2020 through 2025. The category lineup and any per-person voting limit are not printed on the ballot.

Mount Airy News Cutest Pet Contest

Unlike a statewide business ballot, the Mount Airy News Cutest Pet Contest asks Surry County pet owners to submit a photo and asks the public to vote for their favorite, hosted at mtairynews.secondstreetapp.com. Six confirmed editions run 2020 through 2025, the most recent open October 22 through November 26, 2025, since closed. Past that window, no category list or vote limit is published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

O.Henry Pet Photo Contest

North Carolina's O.Henry Pet Photo Contest is a pet-photo public vote run through The Pilot Promotions on Second Street, hosted at pilot.secondstreetapp.com under the O.Henry Magazine banner. Two confirmed editions exist, 2024 and 2026, with the most recent round open May 19 through June 12, 2026, now closed. Whether entries split into categories, or what limit applies per voter, stays unstated on the account; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

The Pilot Cutest Kids and Pets Contest

The Pilot Promotions runs a North Carolina photo vote for kids and pets on the Second Street network, listed on the platform itself as CFA Cutest Kids & Pets 2025 at pilot.secondstreetapp.com. Two editions are confirmed so far, 2023 and 2025, and the most recent ran January 2 through January 24, 2025, already closed. No published roster of categories and no daily-vote rule exist on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.