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 Fond Du Lac Community's Choice Awards

Fond Du Lac's Community's Choice Awards is the Wisconsin city's best-of business ballot, published by the Gannett / USA TODAY Network paper there and carried on the Your Choice Awards platform. Two cycles are on file, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 cycle moved from a March nomination round into a May voting window, and the winners reveal followed on July 12.

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 Marathon County Community's Choice Awards

Businesses and organizations across Marathon County compete in this readers-choice program, run by the Gannett / USA TODAY Network newspaper serving Wausau on the Your Choice Awards system. The 2026 cycle opened with nominations in March, moved to a voting round from May 4 to May 18, and names winners on July 12, 2026. A supporter may vote once a day per category while the round is active, and each year the program recognizes over 450 businesses and organizations.

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 Portage County Community's Choice Awards

The Best of Portage County Community's Choice Awards celebrates businesses and organizations across Portage County, Wisconsin through public nomination and voting, organized by the local Gannett paper of the USA TODAY Network on Your Choice Awards. The 2026 cycle opened with nominations March 2-23, moved to public voting May 4-18, and names winners July 12, 2026. Supporters may vote up to once a day across the ballot's categories.

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 Best - Janesville

Best of the Best - Janesville is a readers' choice business awards program for the Janesville, Wisconsin area, organized by the local Gannett / USA TODAY Network newspaper on its Your Choice Awards platform. The 2024 and 2025 cycles are the confirmed editions. In 2025, nominations ran April 4-25, public voting ran June 9-23, and winners were announced August 28. The ballot recognizes more than 540 businesses and organizations, and voters can enter a sweepstakes for a $250 prize.

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 Lakeshore Community's Choice Awards

Readers-choice voting decides the Best of the Lakeshore Community's Choice Awards, a ballot for businesses and organizations across the Manitowoc, Wisconsin Lakeshore area, published by Gannett's USA TODAY Network paper at yourchoiceawards.com/manitowoc/. The 2026 cycle opened nominations on March 2 and closed voting on May 18, with winners announced July 12, 2026. Supporters vote once a day per category, and voters who cover 25 or more categories go into the draw for a $250 prize.

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.

Best Of The Valley Award

The Best Of The Valley Award is a public-vote radio recognition run by WEMI on its own website, thefamily.net. Two confirmed editions, 2024 and 2026, exist for the program, and the 2024 cycle centered on July. That year 91.9 FM The Family was named the Best of the Valley Community Choice Award winner for Local Radio Station. This page explains the ballot, the confirmed history and what the organizer leaves unpublished.

Best Of Things To Look Forward To

Milwaukee Magazine invites the Milwaukee public to vote in Best Of Things To Look Forward To, a best-of ballot that runs on milwaukeemag.com, the publisher's own website. Unlike the publisher's larger Readers' Choice program, this ballot frames a short list of things coming soon to Milwaukee and lets supporters respond. The 2017 ballot carried an October 21 date, and the program has run in later cycles since. Limits on voting and eligibility are not printed alongside the ballot.

Best of Winnebago County Community's Choice Awards

The Best of Winnebago County Community's Choice Awards is run by Gannett's local USA TODAY Network paper for Oshkosh and the rest of Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It celebrates local businesses and organizations, with Your Choice Awards carrying the ballot. The 2026 nomination round ran March 2-23 and the voting round ran May 4-18, with winners announced July 12, 2026. Supporters may cast one vote per day for a favorite during the voting round.

Best Wisconsin Golf Holes

Best Wisconsin Golf Holes is a public-vote balloting program from Milwaukee Magazine, run on milwaukeemag.com itself rather than through any outside balloting service. The ballot asks readers across Wisconsin to pick memorable golf holes, with 2025 and 2026 confirmed as edition years and a voting window that falls in April. Vote limits and eligibility rules are not published anywhere on the golf holes page.

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.

Central Wisconsin Girls Soccer Player of the Year

The Wausau Daily Herald lets readers choose Central Wisconsin's top high school girls soccer player in a public poll on Crowdsignal's poll.fm service. Editions are confirmed for 2023 and 2025, and the live poll closes Friday, July 17, 2026 at noon. Nominees come from communities such as Medford, Stevens Point, Marshfield, Amherst and Friendship. The closed ballot showed a leading share of 55 percent on 57,154 votes.

Central Wisconsin Midseason Baseball Player of the Year

Each spring the Wausau Daily Herald asks Central Wisconsin which high school baseball player deserves midseason player of the year honors. The ballot lives at poll.fm, hosted by Crowdsignal, and the 2025 edition closed May 15 at noon. Published editions ran in 2023 and 2025, drawing nominees from Pittsville, Athens and Edgar. The Herald prints no nomination window, no category list and no rule on repeat voting for this poll.

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.

SCWBA Parade Of Homes | People's Choice Award | Wisconsin

The South Central Wisconsin Builders Association runs the People's Choice Award, a public ballot attached to its annual Parade of Homes in the Janesville and Beloit area. Visitors scan a QR code inside each parade home or enter their ticket number at janesvilleparadeofhomes.com/vote/ to rate their favorites. The parade runs in September, with the 2025 and 2026 parades both carrying the award.

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 Baseball Player of the Year

Lakeshore Elite decides its Wisconsin high school baseball honor by fan ballot, carried on a Crowdsignal page at poll.fm. Published edition years are 2023 and 2025. The latest ballot shut at noon on July 8, and its final tally gave the front-runner 49 percent on 19,858 votes against 36 percent for second place. Nominees represented schools across the Lakeshore region, and backing a player means passing the poll link around and returning each hour.

The Lakeshore Elite Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Each December, Lakeshore Elite asks Wisconsin soccer followers to name its boys high school player of the year through a Crowdsignal form on poll.fm. Confirmed ballots: 2023 and 2025, with a nominee slate drawing on Sheboygan-area schools such as Kohler and Oostburg. Lakeshore Elite prints no opening day, no category roster and no rule on repeat voting, so read the current form before planning a push.

The Lakeshore Elite Football Player of the Year

Lakeshore Elite organizes The Lakeshore Elite Football Player of the Year, a fan-voted high school football award for the Lakeshore region of eastern Wisconsin. The Crowdsignal ballot at poll.fm carries it, and confirmed years are 2023 and 2025. The current preseason ballot closes at noon on Aug. 20, and the published rule limits votes to one per hour per device. Exact open dates and the full category list are not printed ahead of each cycle.

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 Lakeshore Elite Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Lakeshore Elite runs a readers choice vote for girls high school soccer player of the year in Wisconsin, balloted through Crowdsignal on the poll.fm service. The 2023 and 2025 editions are the only two listed for this award, with the voting window sitting in June and the most recent ballot closing at noon on July 14. That ballot is now marked closed, and the organizer has not announced when the next window opens. Towns represented on the ballot include Plymouth, Kiel, Howards Grove, Cedar Grove-Belgium and Sheboygan.

The Lakeshore Elite Preseason Volleyball Player of the Year

A Wisconsin high school volleyball honor chosen by fans, the Lakeshore Elite Preseason Volleyball Player of the Year comes from organizer Lakeshore Elite and runs on Crowdsignal's poll.fm. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions all ran, each with voting in August. The ballot lists nominees by class year and school across the Lakeshore communities, and supporters choose directly on that page.

The Lakeshore Elite Softball Player of the Year

Lakeshore Elite, a Wisconsin softball organization, lets its community name the year's top softball player in a fan vote that Crowdsignal hosts at poll.fm. The vote ran in 2023 and again in 2025, with the 2025 window inside June. Nominees came from Mishicot, Valders, Plymouth, Random Lake and Manitowoc, and the closed 2025 poll printed vote totals beside each name.

The Lakeshore Elite Volleyball Player of the Year

Wisconsin's Lakeshore Elite Volleyball Player of the Year gives volleyball fans the final say on the year's top high school player. Lakeshore Elite runs it, Crowdsignal hosts it at poll.fm, and the ballot covers volleyball alone rather than a weekly multi-sport roster. Two editions stand confirmed, 2023 and 2025, with the 2025 vote in December. It honors players from schools around Manitowoc, and the exact voting window dates are not published.

The Milwaukee Area Midseason Player of the Year (High School Football)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel readers pick a midseason standout from the Milwaukee area's prep football ranks in a free vote that runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. The confirmed run covers 2023 and 2025. The 2025 ballot stayed open until midnight on November 7, and the organizer allowed one vote per hour per device. This page collects the ballot's published facts and how it sits beside other Wisconsin athlete polls.

The Oshkosh, Fond Du Lac Preseason Girls Basketball Player of the Year

This Wisconsin high school award lets readers name a preseason standout in girls basketball across the Oshkosh and Fond du Lac coverage area. It runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm as poll 16288965. Editions went out in 2023 and then again in 2025, and the 2025 poll stayed open until noon on Thursday, Aug. 20, with one vote allowed per hour per device. The page below explains who appears on the ballot, how the vote works and what the publisher leaves unstated.

The Oshkosh, Fond Du Lac Preseason Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin's preseason girls soccer Player of the Year vote runs on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, poll 16845795. The confirmed edition years are 2023 and 2026, and the 2026 window stayed open through April 15, 2026. The ballot gathers juniors and seniors from Oshkosh North, St. Mary's Springs, Winnebago Lutheran, Omro, Ripon and Fond du Lac. The current poll is closed, so supporters wait for the next cycle.

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.

The Oshkosh/Fond Du Lac Preseason Football Player of the Year

Weekly athlete ballots reset every seven days; this programme asks one August question about which area high school football player deserves the preseason player of the year title. Crowdsignal hosts the balloting through poll.fm for the Oshkosh and Fond du Lac area of Wisconsin, the 2023 and 2025 editions stand confirmed, and the published limit allows one vote per hour from each device. The latest ballot closed at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

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.

Vote for who you think should be the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel boys basketball player of the year

Readers of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel choose its player of the year in boys basketball on a public Crowdsignal ballot reached through poll.fm. Runs in 2023, 2024 and 2025 are confirmed, with voting activity falling between December and April. The current ballot at poll.fm/15279855 is marked closed, so supporters waiting on the next cycle should watch the newspaper's sports coverage. The ballot names high school players, so the nominees are not listed individually here.

Wells Fargo People's Choice Award

Milwaukee residents pick the winner of the Wells Fargo People's Choice Award, one piece of the MANDI Awards run by the Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation. The 2026 ballot lives on Urban Milwaukee's website, with voting open August 3 through August 12, 2026, and a single daily vote allowed from each person. Winners collect $1,000 and the award itself at the August 13 ceremony. Ballot editions are confirmed for 2022, for 2025 and for the live 2026 cycle, and the program is annual.

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.

MBA Parade of Homes People's Choice

The Metropolitan Builders Association runs the MBA Parade of Homes People's Choice across Wisconsin. The 2026 People's Choice Ballot sits on the association's own site at mbabuilds.org, and an earlier ballot is confirmed for 2024. Window dates, categories and any per-visitor rule are not printed with the ballot, so supporters check the live page each cycle.