Rhode Island Online Voting Contests

Providence Journal RIIL Girls Basketball Player of the Week

The Providence Journal, in partnership with the RIIL, runs a weekly in-season fan vote for girls basketball built entirely from photos coaches text in of their own scorebooks. Several nominees compete each week; the winner is named the following week.

Rhode Island Friday Night Rivals Matchup Vote (WJAR NBC10)

Providence · WJAR NBC10 Providence

Rhode Island now runs three separate high school football fan votes at once. WJAR NBC10's is the odd one out: it picks a game, not a player. Fans choose which matchup gets NBC10's live Friday night broadcast crew, and the schools involved, not any single athlete, are the actual nominees.

Rhode Island High School Athlete of the Week

Statewide Rhode Island · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

Statewide weekly fan-vote poll run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group) at si.com/high-school/rhode-island, open to all RIIL-member schools across Rhode Island's fall, winter, and spring sports seasons. Free, no registration required.

Rhode Island High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week

Statewide Rhode Island · SI / High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

A winter, boys-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's Rhode Island Athlete of the Week franchise would sit on the same si.com/high-school/rhode-island hub that already runs an inferred fall football edition and a pooled softball ballot. SI confirms Rhode Island boys basketball rankings coverage for the 2025 season on that hub, but no dated post yet confirms a standalone weekly vote for the sport.

Rhode Island High School Football Athlete of the Week (High School on SI)

Statewide Rhode Island · SI / High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

A fall-only, football-specific edition of High School on SI's Rhode Island Athlete of the Week franchise, hosted on the same si.com/high-school/rhode-island hub that carries the year-round all-sport ballot. Neighboring New England SI franchises in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont run this same split-edition pattern, and it runs alongside, not instead of, WPRI's separate Blitz 12 poll.

Rhode Island High School Football Player of the Week (WPRI Blitz 12)

Providence · WPRI-TV CBS 12 Providence

WPRI-TV CBS 12 Providence runs the Blitz 12 Player of the Week fan vote for Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts high school football. The field is 3 nominees, voting is capped at one vote per IP address and browser, and the poll closes Wednesday at 7 p.m. — not Sunday or Monday like SI's national franchise. Winners are announced Thursday on 12 Sports broadcasts.

Rhode Island High School Softball Athlete of the Week (High School on SI)

Statewide Rhode Island · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

Free statewide fan vote from High School on SI at si.com/high-school/rhode-island naming a weekly Athlete of the Week across every RIIL sport. Softball nominees join the shared spring ballot from mid-March through early June, alongside baseball, track, and lacrosse. No account is required, and the platform does not publish a fixed vote cap.

WPRI Blitz 12 Athlete of the Week (Rhode Island Football)

Statewide Rhode Island (WPRI market) · WPRI 12 / CBS Providence (Nexstar Media Group)

WPRI 12's Blitz 12 fan vote names a Rhode Island high school football Athlete of the Week from a three-name field every fall week. Voting opens Sunday and closes Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern; WPRI announces the winner Thursday. No account is needed to cast a vote at wpri.com.

Best of Rhode Island

Annual Rhode Island Monthly readers' poll covering statewide and regional business categories, with online public voting each March and winners celebrated at a summer gala.

Best of RI (Rhode Island Monthly)

Rhode Island Monthly's annual Best of RI readers' poll, now in its 33rd year for 2026, splits voting into statewide categories and regional sections such as South County and West Bay at rimonthly.com/vote/, with winners honored at a gala confirmed for July 23, 2026 at the WaterFire Arts Center.

CommunityVotes Providence

A Metroland Media readers' poll for Providence-proper businesses only, running nominate-then-vote across 120+ categories and awarding four tiers, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze, plus a separate Top Pick honor.

Providence Journal Community Choice Awards

The Providence Journal's (Gannett) statewide Community Choice Awards, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform: a nomination round narrows every category to five finalists, then Rhode Islanders vote across 450+ businesses.

RI Food Fights People's Choice

RI Food Fights, tied to Rhode Island Monthly, runs single-category restaurant showdowns through the year, Best Sandwich RI in March, the Big Burger Blowout in May, Best Iced Coffee in July, and more, judged by a passport-style people's choice public vote at each event.

RIBA Parade of Homes (Rhode Island)

The Rhode Island Builders Association runs an online people's choice vote for its annual Parade of Homes, a showcase kept separate from RIBA's Home Show. The public votes at ribuilders.org for entered homes and builders. Exact categories, dates, and vote caps are not published here; confirm them on the live RIBA site each cycle.

Southern RI Chamber Choice Awards

The Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce runs its annual Chamber Choice Awards at srichamber.com/chamber-choice-awards, blending public community voting with chamber judging rather than a pure fan-vote tally. The program serves South County's business community, a different animal from Rhode Island Monthly's statewide poll and the two weekly prep-football fan votes running elsewhere in the state.

Voices of the Valley (The Valley Breeze)

The Valley Breeze's Blackstone Valley readers' poll: 162 categories, pure nomination-then-vote, covering Cumberland, Lincoln, Woonsocket, North Smithfield, North Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls.