9 contests with public online voting in South Dakota — Athlete of the Week and more. Real, paced votes; honest guidance on each contest's rules.
Sioux Falls · Argus Leader (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)
Weekly fan-vote poll inside the Argus Leader's High School Sports section (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), pulling nominees from Sioux Falls and Eastern South Dakota programs alongside the rest of the paper's statewide coverage area. Free to vote, no account required, poll closes Fridays at 11:59 p.m.
One ballot, two newspapers. The Watertown Public Opinion and Aberdeen American News (both Gannett / USA TODAY Network) jointly run this free weekly athlete poll across every high school sport in northeastern South Dakota, no account needed, closing Sunday at midnight.
Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls Argus Leader (Gannett / USA TODAY Network)
Free weekly statewide fan poll at argusleader.com, run by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (Gannett / USA TODAY Network), covering all SDHSAA sports seasons across Class AA, A, and B schools. ArgusLeader.com readers vote, with the poll closing Fridays at 11:59 p.m.
Statewide South Dakota · High School on SI / SBLive Sports (si.com/high-school)
Annual statewide fan-vote football Player of the Year award for South Dakota prep athletes, hosted on si.com/high-school/south-dakota by High School on SI (SBLive Sports). Voting is free, open to any reader, and the 2024 poll recorded 17,475 total votes before closing. One of the few SD-statewide annual POY fan polls.
605 Magazine's annual Best of South Dakota is a statewide People's Choice Award spanning three main categories, with winners announced in the magazine's December/January issue. Nominations and voting run through 605magazine.com; confirm the live site each cycle for current category names, deadlines, and any vote limits.
Annual Mitchell Daily Republic readers-choice awards for Mitchell, South Dakota businesses, published on the Forum Communications "Best of the Midwest" ballot platform with public reader voting each spring.
Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Rapid City and Pennington County, South Dakota's second-largest market, spanning 120-plus local business categories through open nomination then finalist voting.
Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Sioux Falls and the surrounding South Dakota metro, spanning 120-plus local business categories with open nominations followed by a finalist voting round.
Annual multi-category business readers-choice contest run by the Rapid City Journal (Lee Enterprises), covering the wider Black Hills tourism region and distinct from the separate CommunityVotes Rapid City ballot.
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