Wisconsin Online Voting Contests

Appleton Post-Crescent Cellcom Athlete of the Week

Appleton · Appleton Post-Crescent / Cellcom

The Appleton Post-Crescent / Cellcom multi-sport fan vote covering the Fox Valley — Kimberly, Kaukauna, Xavier, Neenah, Appleton, and the surrounding WIAA programs. One vote per hour per device; closes Friday at 3:00 p.m. Central. That hourly cap is the single rule most supporters miss.

Bound Wisconsin Basketball Player of the Week

Bound Wisconsin's statewide weekly fan vote covers boys and girls basketball on a single ballot — five nominees, one poll, Wednesday at 1 p.m. Central is the close. One vote per day per user. Winners are announced in a follow-up article.

Green Bay Press-Gazette Cellcom Athlete of the Week

Green Bay · Green Bay Press-Gazette / Gannett USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin

The Green Bay Press-Gazette's year-round, multi-sport weekly fan vote covering NE Wisconsin prep athletes. Sponsored by Cellcom and run on the Gannett network, it closes Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Central — and recent winning totals have run from 18,000 to 48,000 votes, making it one of the highest-volume local prep polls in Wisconsin.

La Crosse Tribune Supernova Athlete of the Week

A weekly reader poll from the La Crosse Tribune (Gannett): five area high school athletes across every sport, one standout performance picked by fan vote. No dedicated poll page exists yet, the ballot runs inside the paper's sports coverage at lacrossetribune.com/sports, and the Coulee Region has had no vote-guide page on this site until now.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Athlete of the Week

Milwaukee · Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)

Free weekly fan poll at jsonline.com, presented by Piggly Wiggly, recognising the top Milwaukee-area high school athlete each sports season. One vote per hour per device, no account needed. Run by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Gannett / USA TODAY Network).

Oshkosh / Fond du Lac Athlete of the Week

Oshkosh · The Northwestern / Gannett

The Northwestern (Gannett / USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin) runs a weekly multi-sport fan vote covering Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, and the surrounding communities — from Winneconne to Campbellsport. Nominations go to [email protected]; the ballot closes Friday at noon Central.

Post-Crescent Football Player of the Year

The Post-Crescent, a Wisconsin newspaper at postcrescent.com, lets the public pick its prep football player of the year. Voting happens on Crowdsignal via poll.fm, and the confirmed years are 2023 and 2024. October held the 2024 window, and the winning nominee finished with 26,202 votes, a 35 percent share. Daily dates, vote limits and eligibility rules were never printed on the ballot page.

Racine Journal Times Athlete of the Week (Supernova)

Racine · Racine Journal Times (Gannett / USA TODAY Network Wisconsin)

The Racine Journal Times' weekly "Supernova" fan vote, the newspaper names five Racine-area high school athletes each week and readers vote online for the performance that most stood out. Free, no account required, published weekly during the school sports calendar at journaltimes.com/sports.

SI/SBLive Wisconsin Athlete of the Week

Statewide Wisconsin · SI/SBLive Wisconsin (Sports Illustrated / SBLive Sports)

Free weekly fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin, run by SI/SBLive Wisconsin, recognizing one standout WIAA prep athlete across every sport and classification. SBLive publishes roughly 52 ballots a year — essentially one every week, including stretches outside the traditional WIAA season. No account required to vote.

Wisconsin Boys Basketball State Standout

Statewide Wisconsin · SI Wisconsin — High School on SI (Sports Illustrated)

SI Wisconsin's High School on SI vertical names a Top Individual Standout from the WIAA boys basketball State Tournament each March, decided by public fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin. The 2026 award is confirmed. Ballot size, vote cap, and the exact close date are set fresh each cycle — check the live poll page.

Wisconsin Girls Basketball State Standout

Statewide Wisconsin · SI Wisconsin — High School on SI (Sports Illustrated)

Each March, once the WIAA girls basketball State Tournament wraps, SI Wisconsin's High School on SI vertical opens a Top Individual Standout fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin — free, no account needed. The 2025-26 season's edition ran on schedule. Exact vote cap and close time live inside that year's own article, not a fixed annual rule.

Wisconsin High School Athlete of the Week

Statewide Wisconsin · Wisconsin Sports Network — WisSports.net

Free weekly statewide fan poll at WisSports.net, presented by Box Out Sports, recognising the top Wisconsin prep athlete across all WIAA-sponsored sports each week. One vote per day per user; voting closes Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Central. Run by the Wisconsin Sports Network (WisSports.net).

Wisconsin High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / si.com/high-school/wisconsin)

Annual end-of-season fan-vote polls at High School on SI (si.com/high-school/wisconsin) naming Wisconsin's top prep boys basketball players — top guard, top rebounder, and top state championship standout. Free, statewide, no account needed, close at 11:59 p.m. PT on published deadlines. Separate from the WBCA Mr. Basketball coach vote.

Wisconsin High School Boys Basketball Top Guard

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / si.com/high-school/wisconsin)

Annual Top Guard fan vote from High School on SI, honoring Wisconsin's standout prep boys basketball guard each WIAA winter season. Hosted at si.com/high-school/wisconsin alongside the Top Rebounder and State Championship Standout awards. The 2025-26 vote ran January through February. Free to vote; no account needed.

Wisconsin High School Football Defensive Player of the Week

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

High School on SI runs a Wisconsin defensive-only weekly fan vote each football season, a stand-alone ballot separate from its own offensive poll and from Bound Wisconsin's combined race. Roughly twelve ballots run September through November at si.com/high-school/wisconsin, free, with no account required. The split by side of the ball is unusual among SI's state football polls.

Wisconsin High School Football Offensive Player of the Week

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI / SBLive Sports

High School on SI runs a Wisconsin offensive-only weekly fan vote each football season, separate from its own defensive ballot and from Bound Wisconsin's combined poll. Roughly twelve ballots run September through November at si.com/high-school/wisconsin, free, with no account required. Knowing which poll a nominee is on decides where a campaign should point.

Wisconsin High School Football Player of the Week

Wisconsin runs two parallel weekly fan-vote polls — High School on SI offers separate offensive and defensive awards with no stated per-vote cap, closing Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT; Bound Wisconsin combines both sides into one award but limits voters to once per day and closes Thursday afternoon. Knowing which ballot you are on changes the campaign completely.

Wisconsin High School Football Team of the Year

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI / Sports Illustrated (Wisconsin)

High School on SI runs an annual program-level fan vote at si.com/high-school/wisconsin each December, naming a Wisconsin Football Team of the Year alongside its separate Offensive, Defensive, and Special Teams player polls. The ballot names whole WIAA programs, not individual athletes. Free, no account, one poll per year rather than a weekly cycle.

Wisconsin High School Player of the Year

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / si.com/high-school/wisconsin)

Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards at High School on SI (si.com/high-school/wisconsin), recognising the top Wisconsin prep athletes by sport and position — football Offensive, Defensive, and Special Teams POY, plus basketball, baseball, and softball honours. Statewide, free, no account needed. Managed by High School on SI / Sports Illustrated.

Wisconsin High School Softball Player of the Year

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI / SBLive Sports (Sports Illustrated)

Annual statewide fan-vote polls at High School on SI (si.com/high-school/wisconsin), recognising Wisconsin's top prep softball players by position — pitchers, catchers, hitters, shortstops, outfielders — across all WIAA divisions. Free, no account needed, statewide. Managed by High School on SI / SBLive / Sports Illustrated.

Wisconsin High School Wrestler of the Year

Statewide Wisconsin · High School on SI / SBLive (si.com/high-school/wisconsin)

Annual end-of-season fan-vote polls at High School on SI / SBLive (si.com/high-school/wisconsin), naming Wisconsin's top prep wrestlers by division — boys Div 1, Div 2, Div 3, and girls statewide. Confirmed active for 2025-26; Gavin Wolters (Div 1) and Dealya Collins (girls, 6,730 votes) won the most recent edition. Free, no account needed, statewide.

Best Of Art Literature

Milwaukee Magazine runs Best Of Art Literature as the art and literature strand of its Best of Milwaukee readers' ballot. Voting takes place on milwaukeemag.com itself, with no outside balloting service involved, and the market is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Confirmed editions fall in 2017, 2025 and 2026, and the 2017 winners were printed in the magazine's October 2017 issue. This page sets out the ballot's history, its mechanic and its Wisconsin neighbours.

Best Of Dining

Best Of Dining is the restaurant honors segment inside Milwaukee Magazine's Best of Milwaukee franchise, balloted at milwaukeemag.com on the publisher's own domain. Confirmed editions ran in 2017, 2025 and 2026, and the 2017 winners were printed in the magazine's October 2017 issue. Milwaukee readers cast the votes.

Best of Madison

Madison Magazine's 45th annual Best of Madison, a two-round readers' poll across 158 categories run through Channel3000/WISC-TV, with public nominations in February and finalist voting June 1-30.

Best of Milwaukee — Readers' Choice

Milwaukee Magazine's annual Readers' Choice survey, a single-round online vote across 50+ categories in food, shopping, services, and community, with winners printed in the September issue.

Best Of Milwaukeeans Most Likely To

Best Of Milwaukeeans Most Likely To is a public-vote superlatives ballot run by Milwaukee Magazine on the magazine's own site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The confirmed 2017 feature, framed as yearbook superlatives for Milwaukeeans who stand out from the crowd, appeared with results in the magazine's October 2017 issue. Edition years on file are 2017, 2025 and 2026. The magazine prints no exact voting days, no limit on repeat votes and no eligibility terms, so the current cycle's rules must be taken from the ballot page itself.

Best of the Bay — Green Bay

The Green Bay Press-Gazette's Community's Choice Awards, run on the Gannett-owned YourChoiceAwards platform across 150+ categories, with a nominate-then-vote ballot, an annual gala, and a print insert.

Best of the Burbs

Milwaukee Magazine's suburban-focused readers' choice spin-off, run at a separate vote.milwaukeemag.com address from the citywide Best of Milwaukee ballot. It runs annually, and Milwaukee Magazine confirmed its 2026 Best of the Burbs Readers' Choice winners; the category list and exact voting window for the current cycle aren't published on this record.

Best of the Valley — Appleton, WI

The Appleton Post-Crescent's Community's Choice Awards, voted online through the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/appleton, with results printed as a Post-Crescent insert. The 2025 cycle is confirmed; check the live page each year for exact categories and dates.

Bestofmilwaukee

Milwaukee Magazine runs the Bestofmilwaukee ballot as its Best of Milwaukee Readers' Choice Survey, and the vote lives on milwaukeemag.com itself. Editors pick the nominees across a wide slate of categories, readers vote online from May 1 through June 5, and winners appear in the September 2 issue. Confirmed editions run in 2025 and 2026, and the program is treated as annual.

Cellcom Press-Gazette High School Athlete of the Week

The Cellcom Press-Gazette High School Athlete of the Week gives readers of the Green Bay Press-Gazette a weekly poll on Crowdsignal for Wisconsin high school sports. The series is annual, with rounds falling between October and April across editions confirmed for 2023, 2024 and 2025. The ballot now at the poll.fm address is marked closed, and its final round carried a 3 p.m. close on Saturday, January 31.

CommunityVotes Appleton

Appleton, Wisconsin hosts two separate readers'-choice ballots, and this page covers only one of them: CommunityVotes Appleton, hosted at appleton.communityvotes.com. Its 2026 cycle posted results in June, marking a third confirmed year alongside 2023 and 2024. Which categories the ballot sorts into, and whether a supporter's vote can be repeated, never make it onto the page; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Eau Claire

Unlike Eau Claire Reader's Choice Awards, a separate publisher's ballot for the same city, CommunityVotes Eau Claire answers only to the national CommunityVotes network at eauclaire.communityvotes.com. Two confirmed editions exist so far, 2023 and 2026, with the current cycle's results posted that June. A category roster, a vote cap, and day-level dates stay unpublished past that point; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Kenosha

Where do Kenosha supporters vote in CommunityVotes Kenosha? At kenosha.communityvotes.com, part of the national CommunityVotes network, now running its fifth straight confirmed edition, 2022 through 2026. That cycle's results were posted in June. A category roster and a vote cap stay unpublished past that point; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes La Crosse

La Crosse, Wisconsin's CommunityVotes La Crosse runs at lacrosse.communityvotes.com through a local CommunityVotes partner. Three confirmed editions back the program, 2023, 2024, and 2026, with the current cycle's results posted in June. The page carries only a category-search box, not a printed roster, and no vote cap is published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Oshkosh

CommunityVotes' annual Oshkosh readers-choice awards, voted at oshkosh.communityvotes.com across local businesses. Nominations opened in January 2025 for that cycle, and the program is now running its 2026 ballot; the category list, vote cap, and exact 2026 dates aren't published anywhere found, so confirm them on the live site.

Eau Claire Reader's Choice Awards

The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram's annual Reader's Choice Awards, promoted at leadertelegram.com/contests/readers_choice with voting run on the YourChoiceAwards platform at yourchoiceawards.com/eauclaire. Categories and vote windows are not fixed publicly here; confirm them on the live site each cycle.

Fond du Lac Reporter/Oshkosh Northwestern Girls Basketball Preseason Player of the Year Poll

The Oshkosh Northwestern runs a preseason Player of the Year vote in girls basketball for Fond du Lac area high schools in Wisconsin. Ballots are hosted by Crowdsignal through its poll.fm service, and the 2023 and 2024 cycles are both confirmed, each falling in November. Nominees come from schools such as Laconia, Lourdes Academy, Berlin and Central Wisconsin Christian. Precise opening and closing days go unprinted before each cycle.

Fond du Lac Reporter/Oshkosh Northwestern Volleyball Player of the Year Poll

The Oshkosh Northwestern stages a seasonal fan vote for the area's top high school volleyball player, and the ballot carries the Fond du Lac Reporter masthead alongside its own. Balloting runs on Crowdsignal's poll.fm service. Confirmed editions came in 2023 and 2024, voting falls in November, and publisher coverage states a noon Thursday close plus one vote per hour per device.

For Me More Than Once

Discover Magazine runs a public vote titled For Me More Than Once on its own website, aimed at readers of its science blog coverage. The years 2025 and 2026 each have a confirmed edition, and the live cycle closes on December 15. Supporters are asked to return once per day and vote again. No city is attached to the ballot, so the entry sits at the state level for Wisconsin rather than inside any local readers choice program.

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Discover invites readers to vote for the next Volcano Profile on its own magazine site. Confirmed editions ran in 2025 and 2026, and the ballot returns each summer with eruption coverage alongside the vote. This page collects what is published about the program, what the ballot asks supporters to do, and which Wisconsin reader-vote programs sit beside it in the same index.

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Discover, the magazine publisher registered in Wisconsin, runs the Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year on its own site. The ballot asks readers to choose their top three volcanic events, and the 2016 edition page states that polls stay open until January 5 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time. Confirmed editions run in 2016, 2025 and 2026, and the publisher's own archive traces winners back to 2009. The exact open date and the rules for the current cycle are not printed in advance, so readers should check the live ballot page before voting.

For The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Peoples Choice Award

WTMJ-TV, the Wisconsin television station whose newsroom site is tmj4.com, invites its readers to pick a favorite image in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award. The ballot sits on tmj4.com itself. The award ran in both 2023 and 2024, and the 2024 round asked readers to vote before Jan. 31, 2024. The finalist lineup, any per-person vote limit and the next edition's schedule are absent from the ballot page.

Janesville CommunityVotes

CommunityVotes' Janesville readers'-choice program, running live for the 2026 cycle at janesville.communityvotes.com. The public votes directly on that site for local businesses rather than through a print ballot or a newspaper's own portal. Category list, nomination window, and any vote cap are unpublished here; confirm each on the live page.

La Crosse Tribune Readers' Choice

La Crosse Tribune's own readers-choice best-of vote for Coulee Region businesses, hosted at lacrossetribune.com/contests/readers-choice. The Tribune has not published a category list, a vote cap, or fixed dates for this program anywhere this guide could confirm.

MadFaves: Madison's Favorites

Isthmus runs MadFaves, Madison's Favorites, a write-in reader ballot at isthmus.com/madfaves covering roughly 80 categories across the city. Voters type in their own picks rather than choosing from a preset list, and Isthmus, Madison's alt-weekly, is the sole organizer and results publisher.

Madison Magazine Best of Madison

Madison Magazine's 45th annual Best of Madison readers' poll, run through Channel3000/WISC-TV, spans 158 categories grouped into 6 sections. Nominations open every February, finalist voting runs each June, and Madison Magazine prints the results in its October issue; the 2025 cycle drew 296,332 votes from 35,307 people.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplaces

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Top Workplaces program, licensed from Energage, scores participating Southeastern Wisconsin employers through a confidential staff survey rather than a public ballot. The 2025 cycle honored 165 employers. Nominations run through topworkplaces.com/award/jsonline; current dates belong on that page, not here.

Milwaukee Magazine Best of Milwaukee

Milwaukee Magazine's annual Best of Milwaukee program, with 2026 voting confirmed open at best-of-milwaukee-2026--milwaukeemag.contest.vote across more than 50 categories spanning food, retail, services, and community. Milwaukee Magazine prints winners in its September issue; exact open and close dates should be confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

Milwaukee Top Choice

Annual Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Community's Choice Awards for Milwaukee-area businesses, run on the YourChoiceAwards platform, with nominations, a finalist ballot, and public voting across 150+ categories.

Mptc High School Art Contest

The MPTC High School Art Contest is a public-vote art competition run by Moraine Park Technical College in Wisconsin. High school students submit work, and the public casts ballots for favorite pieces on the college's own site at morainepark.edu. The 2024 voting window closed on May 20, and editions are confirmed for 2022, 2024 and 2025. Exact dates for the current cycle are printed on the live ballot page.

Northwestern Pre-Season: Vote for the Fond du Lac Reporter/Oshkosh Northwestern Pre Football Player of the Year

Oshkosh Northwestern runs a pre-season ballot naming a prep football player of the year for the Fond du Lac and Oshkosh area of Wisconsin. Crowdsignal hosts the vote through its poll.fm address, and 2023 and 2024 are the confirmed edition years, with the live window falling in August. The ballot names nominees rather than categories, and the publisher has not printed window dates, a vote cap or eligibility terms on the ballot itself.

Readers' Choice

Milwaukee Magazine runs Readers' Choice as the public-vote stage of its Best of Milwaukee franchise. The ballot lives at milwaukeemag.com, and the 2026 voting window runs May 1 through June 5, with winners following in the September Best of Milwaukee issue. Confirmed editions reach back to 2022. The magazine publishes no per-supporter limit or eligibility terms, so supporters and businesses should read the rules off the live ballot before campaigning.

Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee

Shepherd Express, Milwaukee's alt-weekly, runs an online Best of Milwaukee ballot where both the nominations and the votes come entirely from the community, not an editorial shortlist. The current cycle's ballot lives at bom25.shepherdexpress.com; confirm categories and dates on the live site each year.

The Lakeshore Elite Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Two confirmed editions, 2025 and 2026, of The Lakeshore Elite Girls Basketball Player of the Year have run on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Lakeshore Elite, a Wisconsin basketball program, posts the ballot rather than a newspaper. The 2026 poll stayed open one week and closed at noon on July 20. Nominees come from Lakeshore-area schools and the vote is free.

The Oshkosh/Fond Du Lac Preseason Boys Soccer Player of the Year

A preseason boys soccer player of the year ballot covers high school soccer in Oshkosh and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Crowdsignal's poll.fm hosts the vote, where supporters pick from a list of area players. The 2023 and 2025 runs are confirmed editions, and the 2026 poll stays open until noon on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Votes are limited to one per hour per device.

Vote for Cellcom Press-Gazette high school athlete of the week

Supporters who want to back a Wisconsin high school athlete in the Cellcom Press-Gazette award often hit the same wall first: the ballot page prints no voting calendar and no rule sheet. What is fixed is the rest of the picture. Green Bay Press-Gazette runs the programme, Crowdsignal hosts the vote at poll.fm, and confirmed editions ran in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Voting activity across those editions falls in an October to April span, and a 2026 edition is the next one expected.

Vote for Green Bay athlete of the week

The Green Bay athlete of the week vote is carried through Crowdsignal's poll.fm service and covers high school sports in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Confirmed editions ran in 2023, 2024 and 2025. One finished week covered March 31 to April 5 and closed with both leading nominees coming from Green Bay Preble, the winner taking 52 percent. Exact opening and closing dates for any given week are not printed ahead of time, so supporters should check the live ballot.

Vote for the Lakeshore Elite boys basketball player of the year

Each spring, Lakeshore Elite asks its lakeshore Wisconsin basketball community to crown its boys basketball player of the year through a public poll on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). The 2025 and 2026 editions are both on the books. The 2026 ballot stayed open one week and shut at noon on July 27. Anyone holding the ballot link can take part, and the program comes back on an annual rhythm.

Vote for the Lakeshore Elite preseason boys soccer player of the year

Lakeshore Elite, a Wisconsin boys soccer organization, asks its community one preseason question on Crowdsignal: which player should open the fall season honored? Editions ran in 2023, 2024 and 2025, always in August, and the newest ballot closed at noon on Aug. 21 with a stated no-subscription rule. The opening day and the per-person rules are not printed ahead of a cycle.

Vote for the Lakeshore Elite preseason football player of the year

Lakeshore Elite runs a preseason high school football vote each August for the Lakeshore region of Wisconsin, with the balloting carried on the poll.fm service that Crowdsignal operates. The 2026 ballot closed at noon on Aug. 20, and editions ran in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Voting is open to non-subscribers and limited to one ballot per hour per device. The page below collects the confirmed dates, the mechanic and the neighbouring Wisconsin votes.

Who should be Post-Crescent football player of the year? Vote now

Wisconsin's Post-Crescent lets readers pick its football player of the year on a Crowdsignal ballot hosted at poll.fm. Editions are confirmed for 2023 and 2024, each with an October window. The latest poll closed at 35 percent on 26,202 votes for the leader. Opening and closing dates for the next cycle have not been printed.

Who should be the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel high school football athlete of the year

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asks its readers a single fall question: who should be its high school football athlete of the year. The newspaper runs the vote as a public poll on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, and its own coverage states that voting stays open until midnight on November 7. The ballot lists twenty nominees from high school football programs around the greater Milwaukee area. Repeat balloting is allowed, with a one-hour pause between ballots on the same device.

Who should be the Post-Crescent player of the year in girls volleyball

The Post-Crescent, the newspaper based in Appleton, Wisconsin, asks its readers to name the season's best girls volleyball player through a single-question public ballot. The vote sits on Crowdsignal's poll.fm service and is open to anyone with the link. Editions from 2023 and 2024 are confirmed, and the window falls between August and November. Today's ballot shows a closed status.

Who Wil Be Central Wisconsins Boys Basketball Player of the Year

One public vote settles which central Wisconsin boys basketball standout earns the player of the year title. The ballot runs on Crowdsignal via poll.fm, and editions exist for 2023 and 2024. Voting is timed to November in the confirmed cycle. Supporters pick a nominee directly on the poll page, and the total fan tally decides the finish. Any date, rule or category detail the ballot leaves unprinted is something to confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Wisconsin State Journal Readers' Choice

Wisconsin State Journal's annual Readers' Choice awards for Madison and Dane County, voted at madison.com/exclusive/readerschoice/ on a Gannett-built ballot platform. The confirmed 2025 cycle used a year-stamped URL slug; category list, vote cap, and close date are not published on the source page and should be confirmed each cycle.

Big Cheese 107.9 Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest

Wausau, Wisconsin's Big Cheese 107.9 runs the Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest at wbcv-fm.secondstreetapp.com, a Second Street photo-voting page for pets dressed up for Halloween. Two confirmed editions back it, 2024 and 2025, and the most recent window ran October 17 through October 31, 2025. Past that window, the station's own ballot page is what actually settles a category list or a vote limit, confirmed fresh each cycle.

HOWL-O-WEEN Pet Costume Contest 2025

The HOWL-O-WEEN Pet Costume Contest is a public-vote photo ballot run by Wisconsin's Big Cheese 107.9, a radio station licensed to Wausau, Wisconsin. The 2025 edition was hosted on Second Street and accepted votes from October 17 through October 31, 2025. A 2024 edition is also confirmed, and the next round is expected in 2026.

NEW Top Dog Contest

The NEW Top Dog Contest is a paid public-vote fundraiser run by the Oshkosh Area Humane Society in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, presented with Oshkosh Mid-Morning Kiwanis. Dog owners register their pets, then rally friends and family to buy votes at a dollar each through GoGo Photo Contest. The 2024 window ran September 27 through October 26, and the top vote-earning dog was crowned NEW Top Dog for 2024.

Oshkosh's NEW Top Dog 2023

Three confirmed editions, 2022, 2023 and 2024, establish Oshkosh's NEW Top Dog as an annual fall fundraiser from the Oshkosh Area Humane Society in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. GoGo Photo Contest hosts the ballot, which asks supporters who's a good dog and raises funds for animal shelters, pets and kids throughout Northeast Wisconsin. The 2024 window ran September 27 through October 26, 2024.