West Virginia Online Voting Contests

West Virginia High School Athlete of the Week

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

Free weekly fan-vote poll at si.com/high-school/west-virginia, run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / Arena Group), recognising standout prep athletes across all four WVSSAC classifications statewide. Any fan votes free, once per poll cycle; no account required.

West Virginia High School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Week

A winter, boys-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, inferred from the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub's confirmed pattern of running sport-specific fall (football) and spring (softball) ballots, plus SI's confirmed coverage of WV basketball standings. No dated boys-basketball post independently confirms cadence or close time yet.

West Virginia High School Football Athlete of the Week

The fall-only, football-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, hosted on the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub confirmed active through the 2024 and 2025 seasons. It runs alongside, not instead of, the statewide all-sport ballot and two separate Wheeling-market polls WTRF operates on its own site.

West Virginia High School Football Player of the Week

High School on SI runs the weekly fan-vote poll for West Virginia prep football at si.com/high-school/west-virginia. Editors nominate 10 to 11 players each week, anyone can vote with no account, and the ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m. — a day earlier than some regional peers, which compresses the campaign window.

West Virginia High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week

A winter, girls-basketball-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, inferred from the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub's confirmed pattern of running sport-specific fall (football) and spring (softball) ballots, plus SI's confirmed coverage of WV girls basketball standings. No dated girls basketball post independently confirms cadence or close time yet.

West Virginia High School Softball Athlete of the Week

The spring-only, softball-specific edition of High School on SI's West Virginia Athlete of the Week franchise, hosted on the same si.com/high-school/west-virginia hub confirmed active via dated posts in April 2025. It runs during the WVSSAC softball season alongside, not instead of, the year-round, all-sport statewide ballot the same hub carries the rest of the year.

West Virginia High School Softball Player of the Week

High School on SI runs a spring fan-vote poll each week of the WVSSAC softball season at si.com/high-school/west-virginia. Editors nominate 10–11 players from across all four classifications; anyone can vote without an account and there is no per-vote limit. The ballot closes Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

West Virginia WTRF Athlete of the Week

The weekly, all-sports fan vote for Wheeling-area high schools run by WTRF 7 (Nexstar) at wtrf.com/athlete-of-the-week, paired with a separate Team of the Week ballot at wtrf.com/team-of-the-week. Free and open to the public, it covers every high school sport in the Ohio Valley market, not just football.

West Virginia WTRF Elite Roofing Elite Player of the Week

The weekly Wheeling-market fan vote for high school football's "Elite Roofing Elite Player of the Week," run by WTRF 7 (Nexstar) through its Gold and Blue Nation sports platform. Anyone can vote for free at wtrf.com during the WVSSAC football season, covering Northern Panhandle programs on both the West Virginia and Ohio sides of the Ohio Valley.

Best in the Tri-State

Huntington · The Herald-Dispatch

Annual Herald-Dispatch readers-choice awards for the Huntington, West Virginia Tri-State area (WV/KY/OH), with online-or-paper ballots, a once-per-day vote limit, and a required-categories rule to qualify.

Best in the Valley

The Charleston Gazette-Mail's annual Best in the Valley readers-choice program, voted at wvgazettemail.com/site/best_in_the_valley.html by picking a county first and only then seeing that county's categories. The 2025 voting window closed September 12, with results printed in a dedicated Gazette-Mail special section.

Best of the Ohio Valley

The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register's annual readers'-choice ballot for the Upper Ohio Valley, run with sister paper Times Leader across 156+ local categories. The 2025 vote drew more than 275,000 ballots, with winners toasted each October at the White Palace.

Best of WV

WV Living Magazine's annual statewide readers-choice program, nominating West Virginia businesses by category from July 15 through July 30 at wvliving.com/best-of-west-virginia/, then voting among finalists in a separate round from September 23 through October 13, capped at one vote per day per category, with winners printed in the winter issue.

CommunityVotes Charleston

Metroland's annual CommunityVotes readers-choice program for the Charleston, West Virginia market, run at charleston.communityvotes.com. The confirmed 2025 nomination window ran September 2 through December 8; category lists, vote caps, and any finalist round are unpublished, so confirm those on the live site before building a campaign around them.

Parkersburg Readers' Choice

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel's annual Readers' Choice Awards, a three-stage program across 200+ local categories, August nominations narrowed to five finalists per category, an October finalist vote, and results tabulated by an independent third party.

The Dominion Post Readers' Choice

The Dominion Post's annual readers' choice awards for Morgantown, voted at dominionpost.com/readerschoice/ and confirmed active for the 2026 cycle. The program covers the WVU-driven local market, where restaurants, bars, and salons compete alongside the everyday services a college town this size actually needs.