Utah Online Voting Contests

High School on SI National Girls Athlete of the Week (Utah)

The national weekly fan vote from High School on SI (Sports Illustrated) that regularly features Utah softball, track, and volleyball nominees on a ballot separate from the Boys poll. Runs roughly November through June each school year, free to enter, no cash prize, decided entirely by public vote count.

KSL Sports Utah County Football Player of the Week

Utah County (Provo / Orem / American Fork) · KSL Sports / Mr. Mac

The "Mr. Mac Utah County High School Player of the Week", a free weekly fan-vote poll run by KSL Sports and sponsored by Mr. Mac, covering football programs across Utah County (Provo, Orem, American Fork, and surrounding cities) each week of the fall season. No account required to vote.

Utah High School Athlete of the Week

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

Free statewide weekly fan-vote poll on High School on SI (si.com/high-school/utah), recognising the top UHSAA prep athlete across all six classifications each week of the Utah high school sports calendar. No account required. Run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group).

Utah High School Softball Player of the Year

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

Free statewide fan-vote polls on High School on SI (si.com/high-school/utah), crowning Utah's top prep softball hitter, pitcher, and breakout freshman each spring UHSAA season. No account required. Run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group).

Audience Choice Award

The Utah Film Festival hands out an Audience Choice Award decided entirely by public vote on the festival's own website. Every official selection is eligible, and anybody is welcome to vote. The posted cycle opened in late December and closed on January 7th, ahead of the ceremony at the Towne Hub in American Fork, Utah. Festival cycles from 2018 through 2026 each carried the award. The ballot post leaves the category breakdown and any per-voter rule unstated.

Best of Davis County

Standard-Examiner and the Davis Chamber of Commerce's annual readers-choice awards for Davis County, Utah businesses, with spring online voting and Gold-medallion winners announced at a Standard-Examiner celebration.

Best of Northern Utah

The Standard-Examiner's Best of Northern Utah readers-choice program at bestofnorthernutah.com, covering Ogden and the wider Weber County market, run separately from the Standard-Examiner's own Best of Davis County, with 2026 results published June 24, and no separately confirmed nomination window, category list, or vote cap on the public record.

Best of SLC

BestofSLC.com's independent Salt Lake City readers' awards run 100-plus categories through public nomination, held March 17 to April 2, 2026, then a public vote, described by the platform itself as community-driven rather than decided by a judges' panel, with no newspaper named anywhere as a partner or co-organizer.

Best of Southern Utah

Annual Canyon Media readers-choice awards for Southern Utah businesses, covering St. George, Washington County, Cedar City, and Iron County, with public nomination and voting across roughly 250 subcategories.

Best of State Utah

Best of State Utah's statewide awards program at bestofstate.org, combining public voting with judged review across businesses and nonprofits, with a 2026 winners category confirmed live. Distinct from regional Utah "best of" ballots that cover a single county rather than the whole state.

Best of the Beehive

Salt Lake Magazine's Best of the Beehive runs a two-step process for Salt Lake City businesses: public nominations first, then a reader vote, with winners published in the magazine's annual print and digital issue at saltlakemagazine.com rather than a running leaderboard.

Best of Utah

City Weekly's Best of Utah runs 464 awarded categories, split between reader-voted picks and staff selections, with the 2025 ballot going live August 31 at cityweekly.net/best-of-utah/, covering Salt Lake City and, per the organizer's own framing, the state more broadly.

Best of Utah Valley

The Daily Herald's Best of Utah Valley readers' choice program covering Provo, Orem, and the surrounding Utah County area, run through the hometownguru.com voting platform with 2025 voting confirmed active via the organizer's Facebook page.

CommunityVotes Layton

Layton · CommunityVotes Layton

CommunityVotes Layton confirms two nomination editions, 2024 and 2026, for Layton, Utah at layton.communityvotes.com. Archived pages show 2025 too, though nothing on them names it as its own confirmed cycle. The 2026 window is confirmed open August 18 through December 13. Beyond that window, the page publishes no category list and no set vote cap; regardless, confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Lehi

CommunityVotes Lehi is the 2026 community voting awards ballot for Lehi, Utah, run under the CommunityVotes name by a local partner. Nominations opened on August 18 and close on December 13, and the ballot sits at lehi.communityvotes.com. Supporters nominate favorite businesses, people and services. The category list and Voting Period dates are not printed, so check the live page.

CommunityVotes Ogden

CommunityVotes Ogden is the community awards ballot for Ogden, Utah, run by CommunityVotes with a local partner on the CommunityVotes platform at ogden.communityvotes.com. The 2025 and 2026 editions are both confirmed. The 2026 nomination period opened July 17 and closes November 8, when residents nominate the businesses, people and services they favor. Category lists and voting-period dates are not printed in advance.

CommunityVotes Provo

CommunityVotes Provo is the 2026 community voting awards platform for Provo, Utah, organized under the CommunityVotes banner by a local partner. The ballot site brands itself as the official 2026 awards platform for Provo, UT, and the nomination window runs July 17 through November 8. Supporters put forward the businesses, people and services they value around Provo.

CommunityVotes Sandy

CommunityVotes Sandy is the city-level awards ballot for Sandy, Utah, operated by CommunityVotes with a local partner. It sits apart from the regional Utah best-of ballots because its market is one city. Confirmed cycles ran in 2025 and 2026, and nominations for 2026 run from July 17 to November 8. Supporters nominate local businesses, people and services, then vote for Finalists once the voting period begins.

CommunityVotes South Jordan

CommunityVotes South Jordan 2026 is a public-vote awards ballot for South Jordan, Utah, run with a local CommunityVotes partner. Nominations opened August 18 and close December 13, and residents put forward the businesses, individuals and service providers they value most. This page gathers what the ballot confirms, what the organizer leaves unstated, and how a supporter takes part.

CommunityVotes St. George

CommunityVotes St. George is a community voting awards program for St. George, Utah, run by CommunityVotes and its local partner at stgeorge.communityvotes.com. For 2026 the ballot is live and nominations run August 18 through December 13, inviting locals to put forward beloved businesses, people and services. This is the first confirmed edition of the program, so no earlier edition year and no published return date exist; the live page is where supporters should check details each cycle.

CommunityVotes West Jordan

CommunityVotes West Jordan is the city's best-of awards ballot, run by a local CommunityVotes partner on the CommunityVotes platform at westjordan.communityvotes.com. Editions ran in 2025 and in 2026. For the 2026 cycle, nominations opened July 17 and close November 8, and supporters nominate the businesses, people and services they rate in West Jordan, Utah. The dates of the voting period that follows nominations are not printed on the site.

CommunityVotes West Valley City

CommunityVotes West Valley City is the 2026 Community Voting Awards ballot for West Valley City, Utah, run by CommunityVotes (local partner) on its own CommunityVotes platform. The nomination window for this cycle runs July 17 through November 8, so businesses, people and services across the city are being recognized by the community during that stretch. No category roster is printed on the ballot page outside the live form, and neither a limit per supporter nor a separate closing date for final voting appears there. 2026 is the only edition confirmed so far. Supporters nominate favorites directly on the site, and nominated businesses that want wider reach can read this guide for what the ballot actually shows.

Herald Journal Readers' Choice

The Herald Journal's annual Cache Valley readers-choice business awards, decided entirely by public nomination and voting, with every ballot entry tied to a valid email address to block bots and duplicates.

Parade of Homes People's Choice Awards

The Salt Lake Parade of Homes runs the People's Choice Awards as a public vote on its own website at saltlakeparade.com. Supporters touring the home show in Salt Lake City, Utah must visit 8 homes before casting a ballot. The 2026 vote closed on August 17, and editions are documented for 2022 through 2026. Category labels such as Best Kitchen appear on the voting page, while the full slate and any per-supporter limits stay with the live page each cycle.

Park City's Best

The Park Record's annual reader survey for Park City, Utah, spanning more than 100 categories from Best Art Gallery to Best Roofing Contractor, with results printed in an 84-page magazine insert.

Reader's Choice

Reader's Choice is not a Best of business ballot. It is a book award run by The County Library on the library's own website, open to patrons across Utah. Staff narrow their recent reads to a list of about 20 titles spanning mysteries, biographies, romance and nonfiction, and patrons read and rate them. The 2026 cycle runs from July 1 through October 31, 2026, currently in its nominations phase.

Resources Local Score Sheet With Final

The Miss Utah Scholarship Organization publishes a Local Tally Sheet With Final Ballot under the Resources menu on missutah.org. The page carries a public-vote designation in this directory and shows activity in 2023 and 2025. It was posted on July 28, 2023 and updated June 16, 2025 by Madison Wilson. The current cycle runs July 2025 through June 2026. What the sheet lists by way of categories or any per-person limit is not printed on the page this directory holds, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Resources Local Tally Sheet No Final

The Miss Utah Scholarship Organization publishes a Local Tally Sheet marked NO FINAL BALLOT on its own website, missutah.org, as part of its local competition resources for Utah. The confirmed posting falls in June 2025, dated June 16, 2025, and confirmed editions run 2025 and 2026. Opening and closing days, the roster of ballot categories and any per-supporter limit stay off the page, so read the live sheet before making plans.

Utah Valley Parade of Homes People's Choice

The Utah Valley Parade of Homes People's Choice award uses ticket-code voting at uvparade.com for its Provo-area home tour. The 2026 tour ran June 4-20, with voting confirmed open through July 18, a program the organizer explicitly separates from Salt Lake's own Parade of Homes.

Vip Contest

KBZN, a Utah radio station, runs the Vip Contest as a best-of style public vote on its own domain at kbzn.com. The confirmed 2026 voting window covers the whole of September, opening September 1 and closing September 30, and a 2025 edition also ran. Categories, vote limits and eligibility rules are not published ahead of time, so check the live ballot before voting.