Case Study: Winning a Sign-Up Contest with Pre-Registered Votes
How a performing arts entrant won a sign-up required contest using pre-registered account votes — due diligence, pacing strategy, and full 28-day campaign breakdown.
Read more →13 contests with public online voting in Pennsylvania — Athlete of the Week and more. Real, paced votes; honest guidance on each contest's rules.
Statewide Pennsylvania · MrPAFootball.com
Independent annual Pennsylvania high school football awards at mrpafootball.com, presented by Sports Recruiters; a five-round public web vote (one vote per day, fans equal to coaches and media) crowns separate Big School (4A-6A) and Small School (1A-3A) Player of the Year winners at the Hershey, PA banquet each March.
Harrisburg · PennLive.com
PennLive's regional fan vote for the top boys basketball performance of the week across the Mid-Penn Conference corridor — central Pennsylvania from Harrisburg to State College. Published vote totals make it one of the few Pennsylvania prep polls where you can see exactly how many votes won.
Statewide Pennsylvania · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive)
Weekly statewide fan poll published by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated, formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/pennsylvania, recognising standout PIAA athletes across all twelve districts and classifications 1A–6A. Free to vote, no account required, closes Friday 11:59 p.m. PT each week.
Statewide Pennsylvania · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive)
Annual spring fan-vote award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive) at si.com/high-school/pennsylvania, recognising the top PIAA baseball player across all twelve districts and classifications 1A–6A each May–June. Free to vote, no account required.
High School on SI's football-only statewide fan vote, drawing nominees from all twelve PIAA districts and classifications 1A through 6A. Closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a full day before Monday-close regional polls in states like Texas. No per-period cap on manual votes. Runs from Week 0 in late August through the PIAA state championship rounds in December.
Statewide Pennsylvania · Mr. PA Football (mrpafootball.com)
Annual statewide football POY award administered by Mr. PA Football (mrpafootball.com), decided by a tri-partite vote — fans (one vote per day), coaches, and media each contribute one-third — across multiple elimination rounds, culminating at a Hershey banquet. Separate Big School (4A–6A) and Small School (1A–3A) trophies.
Statewide Pennsylvania · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / formerly SBLive)
Annual spring fan-vote award by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated) at si.com/high-school/pennsylvania, choosing the top PIAA softball player across all twelve districts and classifications 1A–6A each June. Free, no account required, multiple votes allowed. The ballot lives inside a single article — find it fast, because the window is narrow.
WPXI Channel 11's weekly Skylights ballot for the WPIAL's standout football performance, drawn from four counties of Pittsburgh-metro coverage. Five nominees, free voting, RE/MAX Select Realty sponsors it, September through November.
WTAE-TV's weekly Pittsburgh-market fan vote for the best WPIAL football play, not the best player. Station sports staff narrow each week's field to roughly three nominated plays; the public picks the winner at wtae.com and in the WTAE app. Runs weekly through the WPIAL regular season and into the postseason, September through November.
Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh Magazine
Pittsburgh Magazine's readers-choice awards, set apart from other Pittsburgh best-of programs by one rule: an hourly per-category vote cap, on a pure online reader ballot.
Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh Magazine
Pittsburgh Magazine's readers-choice ballot across 8 category groups, gated by an hourly per-category vote cap rather than a daily or one-time limit.
Philadelphia · Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer's readers-choice awards, spanning 12 categories with 71 Eat & Drink subcategories alone, run as a nominate-then-vote ballot with one vote per day per category.
Pittsburgh · TribLIVE / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
TribLIVE's Best of the Best ballot for the Allegheny East region, a three-stage nominate, finalist-ballot, public-vote program across more than 130 categories covering Downtown Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, Oakland, and the Strip District.
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