Texas Online Voting Contests

Austin American-Statesman Athlete of the Week

Austin · Austin American-Statesman (Hearst Communications)

Weekly fan-vote poll at statesman.com recognizing the top Austin-metro high school athlete each UIL sports week. One vote per device per hour — no account required. Organized by the Austin American-Statesman (Hearst Communications), covering Travis, Williamson, Hays, and Bastrop counties. Poll typically closes Thursday or Friday, not Monday like the SI regional polls.

CenTex High School Football Player of the Week

Austin · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

The High School on SI / SBLive Central Texas regional fan vote, covering the Austin metro, Waco corridor, Temple, Killeen, Georgetown, Round Rock, and the small-town programs scattered between them. Editors nominate; fans vote unlimited times on si.com; the poll closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — same day as the statewide Texas ballots, unlike the Dallas regional.

Dallas / North Texas High School Football Player of the Week

Dallas · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

The SBLive / High School on SI regional fan vote for the best Dallas-Fort Worth prep football performance of the week. Editors pick the nominees, anyone can vote with no account, and — unlike the statewide Texas polls — it closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, giving DFW campaigns an extra day to work.

Dave Campbell's Texas Football Quarterback of the Year

The annual fan vote for Texas high school football's Quarterback of the Year, run by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Weekly QB of the Week winners from every UIL classification feed a finalist pool each season; the 2026 edition named six finalists on January 27, and the public vote decides the winner before the window closes in February.

DFW Star Local Media High School Athlete of the Week

Frisco · Star Local Media

The Star Local Media weekly fan vote for the best prep athlete across the DFW suburbs — Collin, Denton, and Rockwall counties. Covers every sport, runs year-round, and closes on Monday, making it a distinct target from the SI regional football ballots that close Sunday and cover different territory.

East Texas High School Football Player of the Week

Tyler · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

Kaegan Ash of Mt. Enterprise set a national single-season scoring record — 476 points — then appeared on this SI regional ballot as one of five nominees the same week Cadarius McMiller of Tyler won it. The East Texas poll closes Monday 11:59 p.m. Pacific; no account or cap applies.

El Paso Times Athlete of the Week

El Paso · El Paso Times (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)

Free weekly fan-vote poll at elpasotimes.com recognising the top El Paso–Borderland high school athlete each week of the UIL sports calendar. One vote per hour per device, no account required. Organised by the El Paso Times, a Gannett / USA TODAY Network regional daily serving West Texas and the Borderland.

Houston / SE Texas High School Football Player of the Week

Houston · High School on SI / SBLive

The High School on SI / SBLive regional fan vote covering Houston and Southeast Texas prep football — 16 confirmed nominees on the October 2025 ballot, unlimited voting, and a Monday 11:59 p.m. Pacific close. Timothy Potts of C.E. King appeared on both this ballot and the statewide TX Offensive poll the same week.

KETK East Texas Athlete of the Week

Tyler · KETK / FOX51 (CHRISTUS Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute)

The CHRISTUS Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute Athlete of the Week, KETK/FOX51's multi-sport fan vote for the Tyler-Longview-Nacogdoches corridor, hosted on a dedicated station page rather than a single weekly article.

KPRC 2 Houston Athlete of the Week

Houston · KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (Graham Media Group)

Free weekly fan poll at click2houston.com, presented by Rhythm Energy, honouring outstanding Greater Houston high school athletes each UIL sports season. Produced by KPRC 2, NBC Houston's broadcast affiliate (Graham Media Group). Readers vote online via the Click2Vote widget — no account required.

Midland Reporter-Telegram Athletes of the Week

Midland · Midland Reporter-Telegram (mrt.com)

Midland, Texas's Midland Reporter-Telegram runs Midland Reporter-Telegram Athletes of the Week on the Second Street platform at midlandreportertelegram.secondstreetapp.com. Four seasons are confirmed so far, 2023-24 through 2026-27, with a fresh ballot posted every week of each season. The live ballot right now is Week 2, open September 7 through September 9, 2026, after Week 1 closed September 2. Past that window, which categories apply and what limit each voter faces stay unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

San Antonio / South Texas High School Football Player of the Week

San Antonio · High School on SI / SBLive

High School on SI / SBLive's regional fan vote for the top prep football performer across San Antonio and South Texas — a ballot that in 2025 put a Ganado 2A program on the same weekly list as a Bexar County 6A school, with unlimited voting and a Monday 11:59 p.m. PT close.

Star Local Media Athlete of the Week

Dallas–Fort Worth · Star Local Media (North Texas)

Free weekly fan poll at starlocalmedia.com recognising the top North Texas DFW-suburb prep athlete each UIL sports season. Up to six nominees selected by the Star Local Media sports staff; one vote per device, closes 10 a.m. Monday. Independent community newspaper group covering Collin and Denton counties.

Texas High School Athlete of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive statewide multi-sport fan vote that runs year-round in Texas — basketball, wrestling, softball, soccer, golf, and more, all on one rotating ballot. The rules shift with the calendar: unlimited voting in winter, one vote per six hours in spring, and the poll closes Tuesday during early fall but Sunday the rest of the year.

Texas High School Baseball Player of the Year

Statewide Texas · VYPE Media / High School on SI Texas

Statewide fan-voted Baseball Player of the Year recognition for Texas prep pitchers and position players, run by VYPE Media (Houston, DFW, San Antonio regional editions) and High School on SI Texas. Covers UIL 6A-1A public and TAPPS private school programmes each spring; polls run at vype.com with no account required and are determined entirely by fan vote totals.

Texas High School Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Statewide Texas · VYPE Media (Houston / DFW / San Antonio)

Annual spring-season fan-voted Boys Soccer Player of the Year recognition run by VYPE Media at vype.com across separate Houston, DFW, and San Antonio regional polls. Covers UIL public and TAPPS private school programmes; nominees curated by VYPE editors; free vote, no account needed.

Texas High School Football Defensive Player of the Week

High School on SI / SBLive runs the statewide Texas Defensive Player of the Week fan vote at si.com each fall, with SI editors nominating standout defensive performers from across UIL and TAPPS. The ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific — a day earlier than the DFW regional polls — and routinely fields 15 nominees drawn from 6A Houston powers and single-digit-enrollment 6-man programs in the same bracket.

Texas High School Football Offensive Player of the Week

The only Texas SI prep-football poll that closes Sunday — not Monday. High School on SI (SBLive) picks nominees statewide across all UIL conferences and TAPPS; fans vote unlimited times with no account until 11:59 p.m. Pacific each Sunday, while the four regional Texas ballots stay open another full day.

Texas High School Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Statewide Texas · VYPE Media (vype.com)

Annual spring-season fan poll at vype.com recognising the top girls soccer player across Texas prep programmes. VYPE Media runs separate Houston (public and private), DFW, and San Antonio editions; no account needed, winners decided by fan vote totals alone, polls closing Thursday 11:59 pm CT.

Texas High School Player of the Year

Statewide Texas · VYPE Media / High School on SI / texashsfootball.com

Statewide fan-voted Player of the Year recognition for Texas prep athletes, run by VYPE Media (regional editions: Houston, DFW, Austin, San Antonio) and High School on SI. Covers UIL 6A–1A public and TAPPS private school programmes; polls run seasonally at vype.com and si.com with no account required.

Texas High School Softball Player of the Year

Statewide Texas · VYPE Media / High School on SI Texas

Statewide fan-voted Softball Player of the Year for Texas girls' prep programmes, run by VYPE Media (Houston, DFW, Austin, San Antonio editions) and High School on SI Texas. UIL 6A–1A and TAPPS divisions; polls live at vype.com each UIL spring softball season; free, no account required.

Texas High School Volleyball Player of the Year

Statewide Texas · High School on SI / SBLive Sports (USA TODAY Network)

Statewide girls' volleyball Player of the Year fan poll hosted at si.com/high-school/texas by High School on SI (SBLive Sports / USA TODAY Network), open annually after the UIL fall season; 25 nominees, free vote with no account required, totals decide the winner.

Texas High School Wrestler of the Year

Statewide Texas · High School on SI / SBLive Texas (Sports Illustrated / Maven Inc.)

Annual statewide fan-vote poll for Texas prep wrestling's best boys and girls performers, run by High School on SI / SBLive Texas at si.com/high-school/texas. Covers UIL 6A–1A and TFA programmes; polls have drawn 81,000-plus votes; winners decided entirely by public fan ballot, free, no account required.

The Fan Favorite Midseason Player of the Year

The Fan Favorite Midseason Player of the Year is a Texas public vote that runs on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). Supporters in Lubbock and other Texas communities take part. The confirmed years on file are 2023 and 2025, and voting falls in September and October. Exact dates and the organizer's voting rules are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

VYPE Austin Football Defensive Player of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

A public VYPE Austin fan poll for Austin-area football defensive standouts, with preseason and end-of-season voting cycles.

VYPE Austin Football Offensive Player of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

A public VYPE Austin fan poll for Austin-area football offensive standouts, with preseason and end-of-season voting cycles.

VYPE Austin Player of the Year

Austin · VYPE Media (Austin edition)

Free fan-voted seasonal awards by VYPE Media for Austin and Central Texas high school athletes. Covers UIL 6A/5A/4A public schools and TAPPS private schools across Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties. Vote at vype.com, no account required.

VYPE Austin Softball Pitcher of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

A pitcher-exclusive fan poll honoring the top high school softball pitcher in the Austin metro area each preseason.

VYPE Austin Softball Player of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

Annual fan-voted award recognizing the top Austin-area high school softball player across all positions.

VYPE Austin Volleyball Libero of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

Annual VYPE Austin fan poll for the Austin-area volleyball libero and defensive-specialist ballot.

VYPE Austin Volleyball Middle Blocker of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

A middle-blocker-exclusive fan poll honoring the top net defender and quick-set attacker in Austin-area UIL volleyball.

VYPE Austin Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

A position-specific fan poll crowning the best outside hitter in Austin-area high school volleyball each preseason.

VYPE Austin Volleyball Setter of the Year

Austin · VYPE Austin

VYPE Austin Volleyball Setter of the Year is an annual Austin-area high school volleyball fan poll for setter nominees published by VYPE Austin.

VYPE DFW Baseball Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual VYPE DFW baseball fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth high school players, with VYPE-selected nominees, public online voting, and separate public and private-school ballot history.

VYPE DFW Boys Basketball Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

An annual VYPE Media fan poll selecting the top public-school boys basketball player across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, with editorial nominees and a late-March deadline.

VYPE DFW Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com selecting the top male high-school soccer player in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro.

VYPE DFW Football Defensive Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

A Dallas-Fort Worth high school football fan poll run by VYPE DFW for public-school defensive standouts.

VYPE DFW Football Offensive Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

A Dallas-Fort Worth high school football fan-vote guide for VYPE DFW's public-school offensive player award.

VYPE DFW Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

An annual VYPE Media fan poll honoring the top public-school girls basketball player in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, with editorial nominees and an end-of-season March deadline.

VYPE DFW Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com honoring the top female high-school soccer player in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro.

VYPE DFW Private School Football Defensive Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth private-school football defensive standouts, focused on TAPPS programs and separate from VYPE's UIL public-school defensive ballot.

VYPE DFW Private School Quarterback of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

A VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth private-school quarterbacks, distinct from the UIL public-school QB award.

VYPE DFW Quarterback of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

A public VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth public-school quarterbacks, separate from the private-school QB ballot.

VYPE DFW Softball Pitcher of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Pitcher-exclusive annual VYPE Media fan poll for the best public-school softball pitcher in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with a confirmed June 19, 2026 deadline for the active 2026 cycle.

VYPE DFW Softball Player of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual VYPE Media fan poll for the top public-school softball player in Dallas-Fort Worth, open to all positions, with a confirmed 2024-25 winner and a spring closing deadline.

VYPE DFW Thrower of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

An annual VYPE DFW fan poll for Dallas-Fort Worth high school track and field throwers in shot put and discus, separate from the general track athlete award.

VYPE DFW Track Athlete of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com selecting the top track-and-field athlete — sprints, distance, and jumps — from Dallas-Fort Worth high schools.

VYPE DFW Volleyball Libero of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual VYPE DFW fan-vote poll for the top Dallas-Fort Worth high-school volleyball libero or defensive specialist.

VYPE DFW Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual VYPE DFW fan-vote guide for the Dallas-Fort Worth volleyball outside hitter and middle attacker ballot.

VYPE DFW Volleyball Setter of the Year

Dallas-Fort Worth · VYPE DFW

Annual fan-vote poll on vype.com recognizing the top high-school volleyball setter in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

VYPE Houston Baseball Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual Houston-metro high school baseball fan poll from VYPE Houston, with editorial nominees, public voting about every 30 minutes, and a stated 11:59 pm close.

VYPE Houston Boys Basketball Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Houston public-school boys basketball fan vote from VYPE Houston, with editorial nominees, 30 minute voting, and an April 3, 2026 close at 11:59 pm.

VYPE Houston Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston boys soccer fan vote for Greater Houston public school nominees, with editorial selections, free public voting, and a late April close.

VYPE Houston Football Defensive Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

End-of-season fan-voted award recognizing the top defensive performer from Greater Houston UIL public high school football, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each post-season with voting open to the public at no cost.

VYPE Houston Football Offensive Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston public-school football offense fan poll for Greater Houston athletes, with VYPE-selected nominees and a public vote that closes at 11:59 pm.

VYPE Houston Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston UIL public school girls basketball performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each winter season, with voting free and open to the public at no cost.

VYPE Houston Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston UIL public school girls soccer performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring season, with voting free and open to the public at no cost.

VYPE Houston Girls Track Athlete of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual post-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston UIL public school girls track and field performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring season with free voting open to anyone.

VYPE Houston Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Media (Houston)

End-of-season fan-voted Player of the Year awards by VYPE Media at vype.com, covering approximately 170 Greater Houston high school programmes across UIL 6A–4A public districts and TAPPS private schools. Multiple sports, public and private school divisions, each poll closing Thursday at 11:59 pm.

VYPE Houston Private School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston TAPPS and SPC private school boys basketball performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring, with voting free and open to any fan.

VYPE Houston Private School Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston private-school boys soccer fan vote for TAPPS and SPC nominees, with editorial selection, free public voting, and a late April close.

VYPE Houston Private School Football Defensive Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston fan poll for private-school football defensive standouts from the TAPPS and SPC school pool in the Greater Houston market.

VYPE Houston Private School Football Offensive Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston private-school football offense fan poll for TAPPS and SPC athletes in the Houston market, separate from the UIL public-school ballot.

VYPE Houston Private School Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual end-of-season fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston TAPPS and SPC private school girls basketball performer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each spring, with voting free and open to any fan.

VYPE Houston Private School Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston private school girls soccer fan vote for TAPPS and SPC nominees, with public voting and an April 23, 2026 close.

VYPE Houston Private School Swimmer of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual fan-voted award for the top Greater Houston TAPPS and SPC private school swimmer, run by VYPE Media at vype.com each winter season with free voting open to any fan; an editorial winners page confirms this is a real announced award.

VYPE Houston Private School Track Athlete of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston fan-vote award for private-school girls track and field athletes from the Houston TAPPS and SPC pool.

VYPE Houston Softball Hitter of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual fan-vote award honoring the top offensive performer in Greater Houston UIL public-school softball.

VYPE Houston Softball Pitcher of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual VYPE Houston public-school softball pitching fan vote for Greater Houston, presented by VYPE Media / Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, with editorial nominees and fan voting.

VYPE Houston Volleyball Libero of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual fan-vote award honoring the top libero/defensive specialist among Greater Houston UIL public-school volleyball programs.

VYPE Houston Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

Annual fan-vote award celebrating the top outside hitter among Greater Houston UIL public-school volleyball programs.

VYPE Houston Volleyball Setter of the Year

Houston · VYPE Houston

VYPE Houston Volleyball Setter of the Year is an annual Greater Houston public-school volleyball fan poll built around editorial nominees and online voting.

VYPE San Antonio Baseball Player of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio fan-vote baseball award for San Antonio-area high school players, with nominees and winners published by VYPE each cycle.

VYPE San Antonio Boys Soccer Player of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio boys soccer fan vote covering SA-area UIL public school nominees, editorial selection, and a spring April close on vype.com.

VYPE San Antonio Football Defensive Player of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Public VYPE San Antonio fan-vote award for San Antonio-area high school football defensive standouts, run annually near the end of football season.

VYPE San Antonio Football Offensive Player of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio football offense fan poll for San Antonio-area athletes, with VYPE-selected nominees and a public online vote.

VYPE San Antonio Girls Soccer Player of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio girls soccer fan vote for SA-area UIL high school nominees, editor-selected ballot, and a spring April close on vype.com.

VYPE San Antonio Softball Pitcher of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio fan vote recognizing the top SA-area UIL high school softball pitcher, with an editor-selected ballot and a spring close on vype.com.

VYPE San Antonio Softball Player of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio softball fan vote for SA-area UIL high school nominees, editorial selection, and a spring May close on vype.com covering hitters and all-around players.

VYPE San Antonio Volleyball Libero of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio volleyball fan vote for SA-area libero and defensive-specialist nominees, with a December end-of-season window on vype.com.

VYPE San Antonio Volleyball Outside Hitter of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio fan vote recognizing an outside hitter from the SA-area high school volleyball field on vype.com.

VYPE San Antonio Volleyball Setter of the Year

San Antonio · VYPE San Antonio

Annual VYPE San Antonio fan vote for SA-area high school volleyball setters, with a December voting window and editor-selected nominees on vype.com.

VYPE SATX Baseball Player Of The Year Fan Poll

San Antonio area baseball fans pick the player of the year in a poll run by VYPE SATX, the South Texas sports publisher. The ballot lives on Crowdsignal through poll.fm, and the confirmed 2025 edition opened and closed inside June. Earlier coverage points to a 2023 run as well. Nominees are high school players from the publisher's coverage area, and the winner is decided entirely by the fan tally on the poll page.

West Texas High School Football Player of the Week

The High School on SI / SBLive regional fan vote covering El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland, and the small towns beyond. Anyone can vote unlimited times with no account — and like the Dallas regional, the ballot closes Monday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific, not Sunday.

Who should be the City National Bank Athlete of the Week

Texas supporters vote in the City National Bank Athlete of the Week on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, where City National Bank posts each weekly ballot. The series has confirmed editions across 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, with voting running through the September to May school year. The sponsor has not published the ballot rules in full, so readers should treat the live poll page as the authority for each round.

2025 MRT Readers' Choice

The 2025 MRT Readers' Choice is a best-of ballot for local businesses, put on by the Midland Reporter-Telegram for Midland, Texas and hosted on Second Street. The 2025 round accepted nominations and votes from March 31 through June 14, 2025, and is now closed. The newspaper has run the programme in earlier years as well, with 2021 also on file. Anyone backing a local business should check the current ballot before planning a push.

2026 Abilene Community's Choice Awards Winners

Abilene Reporter hosts the 2026 Abilene Community's Choice Awards Winners for Texas participants. Second Street powers the ballot interface. Edition years include 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Voting occurred between 2026-02-10 and 2026-02-24. This best-of vertical program invites local community engagement. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle for updates.

2026 Corpus Christi Community's Choice Awards

The Corpus Christi Community's Choice Awards is a readers-choice, public-vote ballot run by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on Second Street. The 2026 voting round ran July 9 through July 24 and is closed. The program has run every year from 2023 onward, with a nomination round feeding the ballot. This page sets out the window, the mechanic and the rules that are not yet printed for 2027.

2026 Port Arthur News Best of the Best

The Port Arthur News runs the 2026 Best of the Best, a business best-of ballot for Port Arthur, Texas, on the Second Street platform. Voting in 2026 ran from May 1 to August 1 and is now closed. The 2025 edition ran earlier the same spring season, and the newspaper has not published its category list on the ballot page.

2026 Readers Choice (galvnews)

The 2026 Readers Choice is the Galveston County Daily News's own award ballot, hosted on Second Street; its 2026 round ran June 10 through August 28 and has closed. Unlike the metro-wide readers polls in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso and Fort Worth, this one answers to a single county newsroom in Galveston, Texas. It has run every year from 2019 through 2026, and category details are confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

2026 Readers' Choice Awards

The Kilgore News Herald runs the Readers' Choice Awards as a best-of ballot decided entirely by public votes, hosted on Second Street. Confirmed editions cover 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 round opened on January 12 and closed on March 2, 2026. This page collects the confirmed dates, the ballot address, the voting format and the rules the organizer has left unpublished, so supporters and nominated businesses know exactly where the program stands before the next cycle appears.

2026 San Angelo Community's Choice Awards

The San Angelo Community's Choice Awards are run by the San Angelo Standard-Times, the city's daily newspaper, on the Second Street contest platform. The ballot covers San Angelo, Texas, and the 2026 round ran August 7 through August 22, 2026. Editions are confirmed in 2024, 2025 and 2026, so the program has settled into an annual rhythm. This page gathers what the organizer has published about the ballot and flags what it has not.

Back-to-School Photo Contest 2026 (panolawatchman)

The Panola Watchman in Carthage, Texas runs its Back-to-School Photo Contest through the Second Street platform, and the 2026 edition is open from August 10 through September 10, 2026. Confirmed editions ran in 2024 and 2025 before this one. The ballot itself lives at panolawatchman.secondstreetapp.com, and this page pulls together what is published about the window, the organizer and the voting mechanic, plus which details the newspaper has left off the page.

Best Cheerleader Squad Final 4

Texashsfootball.com's Best Cheerleader Squad Final 4 is a Texas-wide fan vote to name the Official Cheerleader Squad of Texas HS Football. Fans nominated squads, voted down an Elite 8, and the current ballot carries the final 4. The 2026 round closes on September 20, 2026. The publisher prints no category list, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best Country Album Fan Choice Awards (keanradio)

KEAN-FM, a Texas country radio station, runs the Best Country Album Fan Choice Awards on its own website at keanradio.com. Confirmed editions ran in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the ballot is a single public vote on the year's country albums. The 2018 ballot closed on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Album eligibility, any vote cap and the next edition year are not published, so supporters should read the live ballot before voting.

Best Country Artist Fan Moment Fan Choice Awards

KYKS, a Texas radio station, runs the Best Country Artist Fan Moment Fan Choice Awards on its own site at kicks105.com. The ballot that carried this programme asked readers to pick the Best Artist/Fan Moment of 2017 as part of the Taste of Country Fan Choice Awards, with the winner announced after all polls closed at 11:59 PM ET on December 7, 2017. The programme has run in 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. For the category list, exact day dates and vote rules, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best Dog In Lubbock Contest

Lubbock, Texas hosts the Best Dog In Lubbock Contest organized by KFYO. The program runs on the organizer's own site with confirmed editions in 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Voting takes place during November based on available timing data. Participants should check the live ballot for current rules and dates.

Best in Central Texas

Killeen Daily Herald's annual readers' choice ballot for Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Temple, Belton, Salado, Kempner, Lampasas, Gatesville, and Nolanville, run at bestincentraltexas.com and open to every local business sector.

Best In Dfw

Best In Dfw is The Dallas Morning News' people's choice awards program for the best food, drink, shops, services and things to do across North Texas. Voting for the 2025 round ran through June 30, and the paper announced that nominations for Best in DFW: People's Choice 2026 opened April 20. The ballot lives on the newspaper's own site, where supporters can vote in each subcategory daily. The paper has run the program in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Best in Town (Tyler Morning Telegraph)

Tyler, Texas's Best in Town ballot answers to Tyler Morning Telegraph alone, run on Second Street at tylermorningtelegraph.secondstreetapp.com, apart from six other big-market Texas ballots covered on this site. Eight straight annual editions are confirmed, 2019 through 2026, and the most recent combined nomination-and-voting window opened May 26 and closed July 27, 2026. Past that window, no category roster and no vote cap are published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle once a new one opens.

Best in Town 2026 (tylermorningtelegraph)

Best in Town is the readers' choice ballot the Tyler Morning Telegraph runs for Tyler, Texas. The 2026 edition sat on Second Street at tylermorningtelegraph.secondstreetapp.com and accepted nominations and votes from May 26 to July 27, 2026. That window has closed. Eight annual editions are confirmed from 2019 through 2026, so a 2027 ballot is the pattern to expect, though the newspaper has not announced dates for it.

Best Music Video Fan Choice Awards

Texas's Best Music Video Fan Choice Awards is a fan-voted music prize run by the Amarillo-licensed radio station KXSS-FM on its own site, kissfm969.com. Unlike the city readers' polls it sits beside in Texas, this ballot crowns a single music video rather than a list of local businesses. Confirmed editions run in 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, with results for the 2016 ballot revealed on Friday, December 30.

Best of Austin Readers Poll

Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin Readers Poll ran its 35th annual edition in 2025, moving from open nomination to a finalist ballot voted once per day by email, drawing 33,055 voters who cast 423,142 votes across roughly 175 winner categories split into eight sections.

Best of Dallas Readers' Choice

Dallas Observer's annual Best of Dallas Readers' Choice poll runs 100-plus categories as a public online vote with daily voting allowed per person, drawing roughly 18,000 voters in the 2025 cycle across the Dallas market, reachable through the paper's own homepage rather than one fixed poll URL.

Best of Denton

Denton · Denton Record-Chronicle

Nominations, finalist voting, and winner selection for Best of Denton run each year between April and July, organized by the Denton Record-Chronicle at dentonrc.com/bestofdenton. Three editions are confirmed so far, 2023, 2025, and 2026. Exact day-level dates are not printed, nor is a ballot category roster or a vote cap; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of East Texas

Eight confirmed editions, 2019 through 2026, back Best of East Texas at longviewnewsjournal.secondstreetapp.com, organized by the Longview News-Journal for Longview, Texas and the surrounding region. The most recent ballot combined nominating and voting into one window, February 10 through April 7, 2026, since closed. Past that window, no category roster or vote cap is published; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

Best of East Texas 2026

Best of East Texas 2026 is the readers' choice ballot the Longview News-Journal runs for Longview, Texas and the surrounding region. Its combined nomination-and-voting window ran February 10 through April 7, 2026 on Second Street, and eight editions are confirmed, 2019 through 2026. The publisher has not published the category roster or any per-supporter rule, so the live ballot settles those questions each cycle.

Best of El Paso

Best of El Paso, run by El Paso Inc., is an app-based public-vote program covering hundreds of categories citywide, narrowing each to a top five before winners are published in a print magazine and a free companion app rather than on a live website leaderboard.

Best of Ellis 2026

Best of Ellis 2026 is a public-vote readers program run by the Midlothian Mirror for the Ellis, Texas market. Confirmed editions sit in 2008 and 2026. The 2026 nomination round ran August 15 through August 30, and the voting round runs September 26 through October 11, 2026, with winners announced November 28, 2026. The ballot lives on the organizer's own site.

Best of Fort Worth

Fort Worth Magazine's annual readers-choice ballot at fwtx.com, run alongside a separate Editor Picks tally, spanning shopping, food and drink, beauty, wellness, home and garden, nightlife, people, and culture.

Best of Fort Worth (Weekly)

Fort Worth Weekly's annual readers' poll at fwweekly.com, hundreds of categories grouped under five sections, with a one-week voting close each September.

Best of Houston

Houston Press's annual reader-choice ballot spanning 99 categories across the Houston metro, run online with results tallied through the alt-weekly's editorial team and a dedicated [email protected] contact for entrant questions.

Best of Rusk County

Henderson · The Henderson News

Henderson, Texas's own paper, The Henderson News, runs Best of Rusk County at thehendersonnews.secondstreetapp.com through the Second Street platform. Three confirmed editions cover 2024 through 2026, and the 2026 window closed August 24, 2026, after opening June 15. A next cycle is expected in 2027, though no date for it has been announced yet. Neither a category roster nor a per-voter limit has surfaced on any of the three editions so far, so treat thehendersonnews.secondstreetapp.com itself as the only source once a new window opens.

Best of Rusk County 2026

Best of Rusk County 2026 is the county readers ballot The Henderson News runs for Henderson and Rusk County, Texas. Unlike the sweepstakes the same paper hosts on Second Street, this is a public vote for local businesses. The 2026 window ran from June 15 through August 24 and editions are confirmed for 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Best of San Antonio

San Antonio Current's alt-weekly readers-choice awards, run across 150+ categories in two rounds: an open nomination phase, then a final vote among five finalists per category at vote.sacurrent.com, with the 2025 cycle closing June 23.

Best of the Best 2026

Best of the Best 2026 is the readers' choice ballot run by the Victoria Advocate, the daily newspaper of Victoria, Texas, and carried on Second Street's balloting platform. The 2026 window ran from January 12 to March 9 and has closed. Confirmed editions sit in 2020, 2025 and 2026, and the publisher has not printed the category roster or any per-supporter rule on the ballot page.

Best of VWP Awards

The Best of VWP Awards is a public-vote recognition program organized by The Valley Wedding Pages for wedding and event businesses across Texas. Unlike the city-specific Best of Austin Readers Poll, this program covers the broader Rio Grande Valley market and has run annually since 2021, with confirmed editions through 2026. Voting takes place in December on the organizer's own site.

Best Oscar Best Picture

KSFA, a Texas radio station, runs a public ballot called Best Oscar Best Picture on its own website. Editions are confirmed for every cycle from 2019 through 2026, and the program's activity falls in January each time. Unlike the city readers polls that dominate the Texas best-of scene, this ballot asks supporters to weigh in on film history rather than local businesses. The station leaves the precise January start and end dates off its ballot page.

Best Performance Grammy Awards Poll (mix979fm)

KODM runs a public Grammy performance ballot on its Texas station site, mix979fm. Voting takes place at https://mix979fm.com/best-performance-2017-grammy-awards-vote-poll/. Confirmed edition years: 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The next expected year is 2027. Category counts and per-voter terms stay unpublished, so read the live ballot.

Best Southwest Districts Respond Dallas County Schools Dissolution

Focus Daily News, a Texas newspaper, runs a public vote titled Best Southwest Districts Respond Dallas County Schools Dissolution on its own site. Confirmed editions run from 2019 through 2026, with the voting window in November. The ballot page reports the Dallas County Schools relationship abolished by roughly 13,000 votes county wide, with DeSoto, Cedar Hill and Lancaster districts responding.

Best Sports Movies Of All Time Bracket

KROD, a Texas radio station, invites listeners and site visitors to settle a movie argument through the Best Sports Movies Of All Time Bracket. The tournament lives on krod.com and lets the public decide which sports film takes the title. Voting has run in April across editions from 2019 through 2026, with a gap in 2022. Day-level open and close dates, the ballot roster and any supporter limits are not published, so check the live ballot each cycle before planning a push.

Best Texas Countryred Dirt Song Of Now

Best Texas Countryred Dirt Song Of Now is a Texas public-vote best-of program associated with KQBR and hosted on the organizer's own site. The available dated detail says voting ends at 11:59PM on Sunday, December 23. The page carries edition references for 2012, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Bestofdenton

Best of Denton is the readers' choice awards program published by the Denton Record-Chronicle for Denton, Texas. The 2025 cycle split into a nomination phase from April 11 through May 25 and a voting phase from June 13 through July 20. The ballot lives on the newspaper's domain at dentonrc.com/bestofdenton/, organized into food and drinks, life and fun, services, and shopping. The program dates back to 1993.

Bridal & Quince Expo Photo Contest 2025

The Victoria Advocate runs the Bridal & Quince Expo Photo Contest 2025, a public photo-voting ballot for the Victoria, Texas bridal and quince market, hosted on Second Street. Its confirmed voting window ran from December 13, 2024 through January 13, 2025 and is now closed. Confirmed editions also ran in 2024, which is what marks the program as annual. The paper has not printed the ballot's category list or any per-supporter voting rule.

CommunityVotes Abilene

Nominations for CommunityVotes Abilene, the readers' choice business ballot the network runs here in West Texas, are open from August 16 through December 13 in the confirmed 2026 cycle at abilene.communityvotes.com. A category list and a vote cap: confirm both on the live site each cycle.

CommunityVotes Amarillo

Amarillo, Texas hosts CommunityVotes Amarillo, run through a local CommunityVotes partner at amarillo.communityvotes.com. Voting for 2026 is timed precisely, from Wednesday, August 12 at 6:00 am to Sunday, September 13 at 11:59 pm, yet the program's own dated history only confirms two editions, 2024 and 2026, with no 2025 round confirmed. A category list and any per-supporter vote limit go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Beaumont

Where does a Beaumont supporter actually go to vote? At beaumonttx.communityvotes.com, the CommunityVotes ballot run for this Southeast Texas city. The confirmed 2026 nomination window opened August 16 and runs through December 13, with an earlier edition confirmed in 2023. The organizer keeps the category count and the per-voter rule off the page; confirm both, plus whatever voting-stage dates follow, on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Bryan

Bryan, Texas runs its own CommunityVotes readers' choice business ballot at bryan.communityvotes.com. Nominations for the 2026 cycle opened June 3 and close September 27, with an earlier 2024 cycle already confirmed too. Once that window closes, which categories apply and whether a vote cap exists go unpublished, so check bryan.communityvotes.com directly for both.

CommunityVotes Carrollton

CommunityVotes Carrollton runs a community-vote business ballot for Carrollton, Texas, hosted at carrollton.communityvotes.com by a local CommunityVotes partner. Three straight editions are confirmed, 2024 through 2026, and the site's own results section already shows August 2026 voting finished, with winners posted. Whether the ballot sorts into categories, or caps how often a supporter votes, is not stated anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Frisco

Frisco, Texas's business ballot lives at frisco.communityvotes.com. Nominations opened August 6 and stay open through November 29 this cycle. A category list and a vote cap are two things the site does not publish past that window. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Garland

CommunityVotes Garland is CommunityVotes' readers' choice business ballot for Garland, Texas, at garland.communityvotes.com. Nominations opened August 4 and stay open through November 29, 2026, per the live site. A category list and a vote cap are not published beyond that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Killeen

CommunityVotes Killeen is a community-vote business ballot for Killeen, Texas, run with a local CommunityVotes partner behind killeen.communityvotes.com. Two confirmed editions exist so far, 2023 and 2026, and the 2026 window is open now, voting that opened Wednesday, August 12, and runs through to Sunday, September 13. Whether categories exist, or repeat voting gets capped, is not spelled out; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Lewisville

CommunityVotes Lewisville runs a community-vote business ballot for Lewisville, Texas, hosted at lewisville.communityvotes.com via a local CommunityVotes partner. Three straight editions are confirmed, 2024 through 2026, and the current page shows results already posted for August 2026 rather than an open vote. Whether the ballot uses categories, or caps repeat voting, is not spelled out anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Longview

Unlike Texas's big-metro "Best of" ballots, CommunityVotes Longview is a single-city network page for Longview, Texas, at longviewtx.communityvotes.com. Nominations opened June 3 and close September 27 in the confirmed 2026 cycle. Past that window, the page lists no category breakdown and no separate vote cap; even so, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Odessa

CommunityVotes Odessa is a community-choice business ballot for Odessa, Texas, run at odessa.communityvotes.com, with 2026 nominations confirmed open from August 16 through December 13. Past that window, what categories exist or how a vote count gets capped is not stated. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Pasadena TX

Pasadena, Texas's business ballot runs through a local CommunityVotes partner at pasadenatx.communityvotes.com. Voting opened Wednesday, August 12 at 6 a.m. and closes Sunday, September 13 at 11:59 p.m., a second year on the platform after debuting in 2025. The page prints that window and nothing further; whether categories exist, or how often a supporter may click vote, is left for the ballot itself to answer.

CommunityVotes Pearland

Pearland, Texas's CommunityVotes ballot has already moved into its results stage, with pearland.communityvotes.com thanking voters and linking to the winners. August 2026 is the only confirmed month for this cycle; no exact opening or closing day is printed. A category breakdown is missing too, along with any stated rule on voting frequency.

CommunityVotes Sugar Land

Sugar Land, Texas's CommunityVotes ballot has moved into its results stage for 2026, the second year straight this market has run since a 2025 start. A note on the page explains that winners' awards are made-to-order and take 6 to 8 weeks to arrive. Exact voting dates beyond August, a category list, and a voting limit are not printed anywhere on it.

CommunityVotes Tyler

CommunityVotes runs CommunityVotes Tyler, a readers'-choice business ballot for Tyler, in East Texas, at tyler.communityvotes.com. Archived pages place the site online across three separate years, yet only 2023 and the current 2026 run stand as confirmed nomination editions; a middle year shows the page was simply reachable, nothing that proves a full cycle actually ran. Exactly how many categories the ballot sorts entries into, and how often any one supporter may return to vote, goes unstated; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Waco

CommunityVotes Waco is a community-choice business ballot for Waco, Texas, run at waco.communityvotes.com, where 2026 nominations are open from August 16 to December 13. Whether a set list of categories or a limit on votes per person applies past that isn't stated anywhere on the site; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Wichita Falls

Wichita Falls, Texas is where CommunityVotes Wichita Falls runs, licensed locally to a Texas-based CommunityVotes partner at wichitafalls.communityvotes.com. Its dated history spans exactly 2024 and 2026 so far, and by August 2026 the page had already swapped its ballot for a results screen, thanking supporters and pointing toward a winners list. Only the month of that swap is proven; categories, a vote limit, and the exact closing day all confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Corpus Christi Community's Choice Awards (Caller-Times)

Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Corpus Christi, Texas gets its own readers'-choice ballot from the Caller-Times: the Community's Choice Awards, run through Second Street's caller.gannettcontests.com listing. Four separate years have each produced a confirmed edition, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with the most recent voting stage open July 9 through July 24 before it closed. The page names no category and fixes no per-voter number anywhere; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Dallas Morning News Best in DFW

Dallas · The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News runs Best in DFW, a people's choice ballot covering North Texas at dallasnews.com/best-in-dfw. Three confirmed editions run 2024 through 2026; the 2026 nomination window opened April 20, and the 2025 voting round ran through June 30. Confirm exact current dates on the live ballot each cycle.

English Setter Snapshots Photo Contest

Southwest English Setter Rescue runs the English Setter Snapshots Photo Contest on GoGo Photo Contest. The Texas rescue's public vote supports its work for English Setters. The contest page names a 12th annual online photo contest, with confirmed edition years 2025 and 2026. The top 13 vote-getters are featured in the 2026 SWESR calendar.

Faculty Center For Faculty Excellence Archived Adjunct Faculty Awards

The Adjunct Faculty Teaching Awards are run by the Center for Faculty Excellence at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ballot sits on the university's own tamucc.edu site, not on a voting platform. Confirmed edition years are 2022, 2023 and 2025, and the organizer describes the honor as annual. For the 2022-2023 cycle, nominations were due on December 1st. Category lists, exact daily dates and any per-person voting limit are not printed on the archived page, so check the university's live pages for the current cycle.

Faculty Faculty Advisory Council Faculty Awards

The Faculty Advisory Council at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi runs the Faculty Awards from the university's own site in Corpus Christi, Texas. The 2025 competition began October 20, 2025, with nomination forms due November 19. Cycles ran in 2024, 2025 and 2026; the honors recognize full-time faculty. This page sets out the ballot, the dates and what the council does not publish.

For Amarillos El Manantial In Usa Todays Best Tex Mex Poll

KMXJ-FM, a radio station in Amarillo, Texas, publishes a ballot page that asks listeners to back a single restaurant, El Manantial, inside USA Today's Best Tex Mex Poll. KMXJ-FM carries the form on its own website instead of an outside contest platform, and the station invites daily voting through April 16th. The ballot has appeared across edition years from 2018 to 2026.

For Miracles For Wichita Falls Cmn Hospital Now (newstalk1290)

KWFS hosts the For Miracles For Wichita Falls Cmn Hospital Now program for Texas residents. The ballot supports Children's Miracle Network Hospitals funding. Seven confirmed editions span 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025. Voting happens in December. Specific dates change yearly. Confirm on the live ballot each cycle for exact opening and closing times.

For Palo Duro Canyon And Cadillac Ranch To Be Usa Todays 10 Best Texas Attractions

KMXJ-FM runs this Texas best-of program featuring Palo Duro Canyon and Cadillac Ranch. The contest appears annually with confirmed edition years across 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Voting occurs in June on the organizer site. Supporters seek clarity on rules not fully published online. See related Texas contests for broader context on regional reader polls. KMXJ-FM manages the schedule for Texas attractions. Future cycles depend on organizer planning and publication resources. Participants trust the broadcaster to manage results fairly. The program serves a broad audience interested in regional travel.

For Texoma First Responder Group To Receive Donation

KNIN-FM invites listeners across the Texoma region of Texas to vote for a local first responder group that will receive a donation tied to an upcoming country concert. The vote runs at 929nin.com, the station's web home, and the current round closes on May 31 at 11:59 PM. Supporters may return and vote once every 24 hours. The program has run in seven separate years, most recently 2025.

For The Best Band In Texas

For The Best Band In Texas is a statewide fan vote run by texashsfootball.com on the publisher's own website. The poll crowns a high school football band as The Official Band of Texas HS Football. Confirmed runs appear for 2023, 2024 and 2026, and the voting window has fallen in September. The organizer does not print exact opening and closing dates, so supporters should read the live ballot before planning a push.

For The Best Decorated Christmas Tree

For The Best Decorated Christmas Tree is a public-vote contest run by the radio station KMXJ-FM on its own website, mix941kmxj.com, for listeners in Texas. The ballot has run in December across the edition years 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The station describes the stage where entries are in and visitors vote for the winner. Exact open and close days, any per-person vote limit and eligibility terms are not printed with the ballot, so supporters should confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

For The Best Fast Food Restaurant In East Texas (q1077)

Nominations for For The Best Fast Food Restaurant In East Texas run in November, with voting hosted directly by KTBQ on q1077.com. The 2026 ballot marks the ninth confirmed edition of this East Texas-focused readers' choice program, which invites residents across the region to select their favorite quick-service dining spot from a list or by write-in.

For The Best High School Marching Band In The Texas Panhandle (kissfm969)

KXSS-FM puts one question to the Texas Panhandle: which high school marching band deserves the top spot? Voting happens on the KXSS-FM website and opens in October. Confirmed edition years are 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Category details and voting limits stay unpublished, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

For The Best Marching Band In East Texas Poll

For The Best Marching Band In East Texas Poll is a KTYL-FM public vote published on the radio station's website. The Texas program has 5 confirmed edition years, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Its printed voting window ends Wednesday, October 4th at noon, and the page states a vote every three hours. No city is named for this ballot; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

For The Mix 93 1 Cutie Patootie Canine Edition

For The Mix 93 1 Cutie Patootie Canine Edition is a Texas public-vote program organized by KTYL-FM on the Organizer's own site. The published title identifies a 2017 canine edition, and the program has edition years spanning 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Voting dates, ballot rules, and category details confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

For Your Favorite Dad Being Dad Pictures

KYKS runs For Your Favorite Dad Being Dad Pictures on KYKS's website in Texas. The program has edition years recorded through 2026 and operates as a public-vote photo contest; exact voting and nomination windows are not listed here, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Galveston County Daily News Readers' Choice

Galveston · Galveston County Daily News

Galveston, Texas's Readers' Choice Awards run through the Galveston County Daily News (The Daily News) on the Second Street platform at galvnews.secondstreetapp.com. Eight confirmed editions run 2019 through 2026, with the 2026 round open June 10 through August 28, now closed. A category list, vote cap, and 2027 dates are not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Happy State Bank Female Athlete of the Week

Happy State Bank puts forward a weekly female high school athlete of the week ballot for communities across Texas, and the public does the voting. The vote runs through Crowdsignal's poll.fm service, with confirmed editions in 2023 and 2024. Nominations are accepted on a weekly basis, with the nomination instructions reading "Nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Saturday via email to [email protected]." Finalists are then published each Tuesday and supporters vote for their pick on the live poll.fm ballot.

Help Hodgetown Win 1 In Best Stadium In America

KXSS-FM organizes this best-of ballot for Amarillo, Texas. Supporters cast votes on the organizer's own site to help Hodgetown reach number one. The program runs annually with confirmed editions from 2022 through 2026. Voting windows typically close in July. Check the live page for current status and rules each season.

Hometown Best 2026

Hometown Best 2026 is the Marshall News Messenger's readers'-choice award ballot for Texas businesses, hosted on Second Street. The 2026 round ran from March 30 through May 25, 2026 and is now closed. Confirmed rounds also ran in 2022, 2023 and 2025, each with its own address on the newspaper's contest host, and a further round is expected in 2027.

Houston Chronicle Best of the Best

Annual Houston Chronicle / Hearst readers-choice business awards for the Houston metro, with an official chron.com ballot and verified-email public voting across broad local business categories.

Houston's Best Awards

Unlike the Best of Houston ballot run by the Houston Press, Houston's Best Awards is organized by Houston's Best itself, a standalone publisher operating its own voting site at houstonsbest.com. The program covers the Houston, Texas metro area with public voting open September 8-24 in 2026. Two edition years are confirmed: 2025 and 2026.

Khyi Best Radio Station

Khyi Best Radio Station is a public-vote best-of ballot from KHYI, which operates KHYI 95.3 The Range. The program runs on KHYI's own site and is tied to Dallas, Texas, through D Magazine's Best of Big D. Edition years of 2015, 2025 and 2026 are published, and the next expected cycle is 2027.

Kilgore News Herald Readers' Choice Awards

Kilgore News Herald publishes its Readers' Choice Awards through Second Street at kilgorenewsherald.secondstreetapp.com, with the 2026 round listed as one combined nomination-and-voting stage rather than two separate phases. Three straight years are confirmed, 2024, 2025, and 2026, and the most recent round ran January 12 through March 2 before closing. Whatever category structure or voting limit the paper eventually applies is not printed anywhere on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Lubbock a-J Male Athlete of the Week

The Lubbock A-J newspaper runs a weekly poll naming one male high school athlete in Lubbock, Texas. Ballots sit on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, and nominations close at noon Sunday. Seasons ran in 2023, 2024 and 2025, each September through April. The latest closed ballot drew 19,658 votes.

Marshall News Messenger Hometown Best

Marshall News Messenger runs Hometown Best, a Texas readers'-choice ballot hosted at marshallnewsmessenger.secondstreetapp.com on Second Street. Four rounds are confirmed, 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026; the 2026 round ran March 30 through May 25 and has since closed. Whether ballot categories exist or a per-voter limit applies goes unaddressed past that window; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

Midland Reporter-Telegram 2026-27 Athletes of the Week 2

The Midland Reporter-Telegram publishes a weekly fan ballot honoring high school athletes in Midland, Texas, hosted on Second Street. The 2026-27 season's Week 2 ballot runs from September 7 to September 9, 2026. Each week, voting opens at 8 a.m. Monday and closes at 3 p.m. Wednesday, after varsity coaches submit nominations by 10 p.m. Saturday.

Midland Reporter-Telegram Readers' Choice

Midland, Texas's Midland Reporter-Telegram organizes the MRT Readers' Choice ballot on Second Street at midlandreportertelegram.secondstreetapp.com. It has run in 2021 and again in 2025, each round folding nomination and voting into one page. The 2025 round ran March 31 through June 14, 2025, and has already closed; day-level dates for the 2021 round are not published beyond the year itself. Neither a category sheet nor a per-voter ceiling shows up on the page past those windows; treat both as matters to confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

MileSplit National Girls Performer of the Week

A Texas runner nominated for the MileSplit National Girls Performer of the Week has only a few days to collect support. MileSplit, the national publisher covering track, field and cross country, posts the nominee slate each Monday on its Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm, shuts the vote on Friday and names the winner early the next week. Seasons have run from 2018 through 2024, stretching from September into June.

MileSplit Texas Boys Performer of the Week

Texas high school running fans vote in the MileSplit Texas Boys Performer of the Week poll, a weekly ballot published by Texas MileSplit and carried on Crowdsignal through its poll.fm pages. Confirmed editions run across 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the latest posted ballot dated Sept. 22 - 28 and each week's poll closing Friday at 2 p.m. ET. This page explains who runs the vote, when each window falls, how a supporter casts a ballot, and what the organizer leaves unpublished about rules and categories.

Mvp 2a D1

MVP 2A D1 is a public-vote award run by Texas HS Football on the publisher's own site at texashsfootball.com. The ballot covers the Class 2A Division I tier of Texas high school football and is open to supporters statewide. Confirmed voting activity falls in December, with editions recorded in 2024 and 2025. The exact window dates, the category list and any per-voter limits are not published in advance; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

NICU Grad Then & Now Photo Contest

Hand to Hold, a nonprofit based in Austin, Texas, runs the NICU Grad Then & Now Photo Contest each June on the GoGo Photo Contest platform. The fundraiser unites neonatal intensive care unit families and has confirmed editions running from 2021 through 2026. Category rosters, exact window dates and per-supporter limits are not fixed in advance here; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Now For The Best Breakfast Burrito In The Abilene Area

KEYJ-FM, a radio station serving Abilene, Texas, asks its listeners to pick the best breakfast burrito in the area through a public online poll hosted on the station's own site. The program has confirmed editions in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The station's page frames the vote as a local staple, comparing breakfast burritos to church and high school football in the Abilene area. Exact window dates are not fixed in published form, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Panola Watchman Back-to-School Photo Contest

Carthage · Panola Watchman

Carthage, Texas's Panola Watchman runs its Back-to-School Photo Contest each year through the Second Street platform at panolawatchman.secondstreetapp.com. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2024 through 2026, with the current window running August 10 through September 10, 2026. Neither an entry-category roster nor a repeat-voting rule appears on that page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Pawsitive Impact Photo Contest

Pawsitive Impact Photo Contest is run by Happy Tails Adoption Center Shelby County Animal Shelter on the GoGo Photo Contest platform. Voting for the confirmed 2025 window closes at 8:00 PM Central Time on August 8, 2025. Confirm category details and per-voter rules on the live ballot each cycle.

Pib Awards

Houston supporters nominate for the Pib Awards through the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, which runs the ballot from its own website. The 2026 Pride In Business Awards nomination window shuts at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2026, and the Pride In Business Celebration follows on June 12, 2026 at Hilton Americas-Houston. Editions for 2025 and 2026 are confirmed, and the chamber lists honoree archives reaching back to 2021.

Port Arthur News Best of the Best

The Port Arthur News Best of the Best has only two confirmed rounds behind it, a 2025 nominate-then-vote cycle that ran March 23 through June 8, and a 2026 cycle that opened later and ran May 1 through August 1, both hosted at theportarthurnews2.secondstreetapp.com. The organizer keeps the category count and the per-voter rule off the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

PRZ KY Defensive Player of the Year

Texas supporters follow the PRZ KY Defensive Player of the Year ballot to pick a standout high school football defender. PRZ KY runs the vote on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, and the 2025 edition carried an October voting window. Confirmed editions sit in 2022 and 2025, so the award reads as a recurring program rather than a single ballot. This page lays out who organizes the vote, when the confirmed cycles ran, how a supporter casts a ballot today, and how the award sits beside the other Texas public-vote football programs on this site.

Readers' Choice 2026 (southlakestylemagazine)

Readers' Choice 2026 is the annual best-of ballot Southlake Style runs for its Southlake, Texas readership. The 2026 vote opened January 8, 2026 and closed February 23, 2026 on the Second Street platform operated by Greenhouse Ventures. The program has run every year since 2020, with seven confirmed editions from 2020 through 2026.

San Angelo Community's Choice Awards

San Angelo · San Angelo Standard-Times

San Angelo Standard-Times runs the San Angelo Community's Choice Awards, a best-of business ballot for San Angelo, Texas, on the Second Street platform at gosanangelo.gannettcontests.com. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2024 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot ran August 7 through August 22, 2026, now closed. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Scared of Santa Photo Contest 2025

The Victoria Advocate, the daily newspaper in Victoria, Texas, runs the Scared of Santa Photo Contest 2025 on Second Street. The 2025 ballot was open from December 20, 2024 until January 13, 2025 and has closed. This page sets out who organizes the photo vote, where the ballot lives, which editions the platform confirms, how a supporter votes, and what the newspaper has not published about rules and categories.

Southlake Style Readers' Choice

Southlake Style Magazine runs its Readers' Choice ballot for Southlake, Texas through Greenhouse Ventures on Second Street at southlakestylemagazine.secondstreetapp.com. Seven confirmed editions run 2020 through 2026, and the 2026 ballot opened January 8 and closed February 23. A category list and vote cap stay unpublished past that window; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Star of Texas Awards

The Star of Texas Awards are run by the Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott and hosted on the governor's own website. The confirmed 2026 cycle lists a nomination deadline of June 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM and an awards ceremony on September 11, 2026. This page collects what the organizer publishes about the ballot, the window and the mechanic, and flags what it does not.

TexasHSFootball.com Best Cheerleader Squad Fan Vote

TexasHSFootball.com runs the Best Cheerleader Squad Final 4, a statewide Texas fan vote that narrows an open call for high-school cheerleading squads down to a champion. Squads are nominated for the title of Official Cheerleader Squad of Texas HS Football, then voted through an Elite 8 round; TexasHSFootball.com has posted editions in 2023, 2024 and 2026, with a nomination round noted November 30. No single city anchors this ballot, since TexasHSFootball.com runs it as one statewide vote rather than a market-by-market series. A category roster and a per-supporter vote limit are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

TexasHSFootball.com Fan Vote: Best Band in Texas

For The Best Band In Texas is TexasHSFootball.com's statewide vote for the state's top high school marching band, run each September at texashsfootball.com. The open vote narrows to a top 8, seeded into a head-to-head bracket, with the winner named the Official Band of Texas HS Football. Exact dates, a category list, and any vote cap: confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The a-J Athlete of the Week

A weekly high school sports honor decided entirely by reader vote. The A-J runs the program for its Texas audience, and the balloting itself sits on Crowdsignal (poll.fm) at a dedicated poll address. Each fall season produces a fresh ballot every week, and the confirmed edition years so far are 2023 and 2025. Nominations for each week close at noon Sunday, and closed polls print final standings with percentages and raw vote totals beside every school named.

The Bend's Readers' Choice Awards

The Bend Magazine runs this public vote program for Texas businesses in the Corpus Christi metro. Nominations open early March and continue for two months. Confirmed editions include 2021, 2025, and 2026. The ballot hosts multiple categories for local readers to select winners. Categories and any vote cap go unpublished; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The Caller-Times High School Baseball Player of the Year

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times lets readers choose the standout among the region's high school baseball players on a Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm, with the 2023 and 2025 cycles as its confirmed editions and voting inside June. The ballot pairs every nominee with his home town, and the publisher prints no precise dates, vote cap or eligibility rules for the award.

The City National Bank Athlete of the Week

City National Bank puts its name on a weekly Texas honour for high school athletes, decided by readers on a Crowdsignal poll. Each ballot opens Monday and closes Thursday at 11 a.m., nominations reach the sponsoring papers by 5 p.m. Saturday, and editions have run across 2023 through 2026.

The Fan Favorite Preseason Player of the Year

This Texas high school sports ballot asks a single preseason question and hands the decision to public vote on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). Two edition years, 2023 and 2025, are on file, and the 2025 window fell in August. Unlike the weekly player ballots across the state, this program is not published under a named outlet, so supporters should verify the publisher on the live ballot each cycle.

The High School Girls Basketball Regular Player of the Year

The High School Girls Basketball Regular Player of the Year is a Texas sport program using a public ballot on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). The program has confirmed years in 2023 and 2025. The available ballot concerns the 2024-25 high school girls basketball regular season Player of the Year and displays Poll Closed.

Today To Help Habitat For Humanity Win 10k From Mcalisters Deli

KYKS runs Today To Help Habitat For Humanity Win 10k From Mcalisters Deli, a best-of ballot for Texas that asks listeners to vote for a local Habitat for Humanity chapter to win a $10,000 grant from McAlister's Deli. Edition years on file span 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

Victoria Advocate Best of the Best

Victoria · Victoria Advocate

Victoria, Texas's Best of the Best runs at vicad.secondstreetapp.com, hosted by the Victoria Advocate on the Second Street platform. Two confirmed editions carry the ballot so far, 2025 and 2026, with the 2026 window running January 12 through March 9 and now closed. The Advocate folds nominating and voting into one combined ballot type instead of splitting them into separate stages, and how many categories run or how often a single supporter may vote goes unstated on that page; confirm both on the live ballot each cycle.

VYPE HOU Private School Boys Basketball Player of the Year Fan Poll

VYPE Media's Houston desk closes each basketball season with a fan vote that names the player of the year across private school boys basketball. The ballot runs on Crowdsignal, at the poll.fm address. The 2026 edition shut at 11:59 pm on Thursday, Feb. 27th, and 2022 is the other confirmed edition year. The ballot page prints no category list and no rule on repeat voting, so supporters should check the live page each season.

VYPE HOU Public School Volleyball Player Of The Year Fan Poll

VYPE Media's VYPE HOU Public desk runs a public-vote fan poll naming a Player of the Year for public school volleyball in its Houston coverage area in Texas. Balloting runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, with confirmed editions in 2023 and 2024. The 2024 ballot is now marked Poll Closed.

VYPE SATX Softball Player of the Year Fan Poll

VYPE SATX caps its San Antonio high school softball season with a fan vote that names a player of the year. Balloting runs on the Crowdsignal service at poll.fm, and the confirmed 2025 round took place during June with a printed close of 11:59 pm on Wednesday, July 2nd. Editions are on file from 2022 and 2025, and the publisher has posted no open date for the next round.

Who should be Happy State Bank Male Athlete of the Week

Happy State Bank sponsors a weekly poll naming a male athlete of the week from Texas high schools. The ballot lives at poll.fm/13378654 on Crowdsignal, with seasons confirmed for 2023 and 2024 running September through February. Each week nominations are due Saturday by 5 p.m., voting stays open through Thursday, and whoever leads the tally at the close takes the title.

Who should be the AGN Texas Panhandle HS Baseball Player of the Year

AGN Texas Panhandle runs a public fan ballot naming a baseball player of the year for Texas Panhandle high schools. Voting is on Crowdsignal at the poll.fm address, and the latest confirmed ballot ran in June 2025, with an earlier edition in 2023. Anyone with the link can read the options and vote. Dates for the next edition are not printed ahead of time, so check the live ballot when spring season ends.

Who should be the Apple Dental Center Fan Favorite Boys Track Athlete of the Year

The Apple Dental Center Fan Favorite Boys Track Athlete of the Year poll is a Texas high school track and field honor decided entirely by community clicks. It runs under the Apple Dental Center Fan Favorite name on Crowdsignal, where supporters pick from a list of nominated boys track athletes. The poll ran in 2023 and again in 2026, and the 2026 ballot closed at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 10. The sponsor has printed no start date, no category roster and no supporter-level rule; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Who should be the Caller-Times High School volleyball player of the year

Texas readers of the Caller-Times decide the paper's volleyball honour for high school players on a Crowdsignal form at poll.fm. Editions are documented for 2023 and 2025, and voting lands in August. Nominees wear the colours of schools in Taft, Beeville, Rockport-Fulton, Aransas Pass, Kingsville, Robstown and other Coastal Bend communities. The paper leaves the precise opening and closing dates off the published form.

YourSA Readers' Choice

YourSA Readers' Choice, from Hearst Media San Antonio and the San Antonio Express-News, runs a public online vote across 170+ categories. The confirmed 2025 cycle opened February 3 at hearstmediasa.com/yoursa, a single-round ballot distinct from San Antonio Current's separate two-round Best of San Antonio program.

2027 Cutest Critter Photo Contest

Friends of Paws in Prison, a Lockhart, Texas nonprofit, runs the 2027 Cutest Critter Photo Contest as an online fundraiser on GoGo Photo Contest. Voting opened at 12:00 AM Central on September 1, 2026 and closes at midnight on Monday, September 21, 2026. Every vote costs a $1 donation, there is no cap on votes for the same photo, and the top 12 photos appear in the 2027 Cutest Critter Calendar.

Now Lubbock Best Dog (lonestar995fm)

Nominations for Now Lubbock Best Dog (lonestar995fm) are associated with KQBR and Lubbock, Texas. The program uses the Organizer's own site for public voting. Confirmed program years include 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The published 2017 page says voting continued through Feb. 28, with the winner announced on March 1, 2017.

On A Name For Mimis New Puppy Poll

On A Name For Mimis New Puppy Poll is a public-vote program from KPWW on the organizer's own site in Texas. The page asks supporters to choose a name for Mimi's new puppy. The published timing evidence identifies January 2017, while ballot categories, vote limits, eligibility and later opening details require live-ballot confirmation.

Operation Pets Alive 2026 Calendar Contest

Operation Pets Alive! runs Operation Pets Alive 2026 Calendar Contest, a Texas dog calendar public-vote contest hosted by GoGo Photo Contest. The confirmed voting window ran in February 2025 for the 2026 calendar. The ballot categories, voting limit, eligibility terms and future cycle dates require confirmation on the live ballot each cycle.

Cutest Trick or Treater Photo Contest 2025

The Cutest Trick or Treater Photo Contest 2025 is the Panola Watchman's Halloween photo vote for Carthage, Texas, hosted on the paper's own Second Street page. Where the metro readers polls elsewhere in Texas ask voters to rank long lists of businesses, this ballot narrows to costume photographs and a single seasonal question. The 2025 voting window ran from October 26 through November 27, 2025, and the paper has confirmed editions in 2024 and 2025.

For The Cutest In The Mix 93 1 Cutie Patootie Santa Baby Contest

Families entering a baby into Mix 93-1's Cutie Patootie Santa Baby ballot face a friendly December scramble: the station asks listeners to pick the cutest Santa baby, with an iPad Air going to the winner, and the voting window closes at 12 noon on Wednesday, December 21st. KTYL-FM has run the program across Texas since 2016, most recently in 2026. Exact category lists and per-person limits are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Panola Watchman Cutest Trick or Treater Photo Contest

Carthage · Panola Watchman

Carthage, Texas' weekly paper, the Panola Watchman, runs the Cutest Trick or Treater Photo Contest, a Halloween costume photo vote, on the Second Street platform at panolawatchman.secondstreetapp.com. Two confirmed editions back it, 2024 and 2025; the 2025 edition opened October 26 and closed November 27. How many categories run, and how often one person may vote, is not stated; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.