Washington Online Voting Contests

News Tribune Girls Athlete of the Week (Tacoma)

Tacoma · Tacoma News Tribune (thenewstribune.com)

The Tacoma News Tribune's dedicated girls fan vote, separate from its combined Athlete of the Week ballot, built from coach nominations across basketball, soccer, track, volleyball, and swimming, closing Wednesday at noon.

Seattle Sports Star of the Year

The Seattle Sports Commission's annual statewide fan vote honoring Washington's top professional, college, and amateur athletes, Seahawks, Sounders, Storm, and Huskies/Cougars fans vote once per day through mid-February, with winners revealed at a live awards event in March.

Tacoma News Tribune Athlete of the Week

Tacoma · The News Tribune

The News Tribune's weekly South Sound fan vote covers every sport, all year, with nominees drawn from Tacoma, Pierce County, and surrounding communities — and closes Wednesday at noon, not Sunday, which changes the whole campaign.

VarsityWA Basketball Athlete of the Week

VarsityWA's weekly reader poll on the independent Substack publication varsitywanews.com, run by Todd Milles. Ten nominees per week — boys and girls on the same ballot, all WIAA classifications together — unlimited votes with a Friday noon close, running December through early March during the Washington basketball season.

VarsityWA Football Athlete of the Week

VarsityWA's weekly reader poll on the independent Substack publication varsitywanews.com, run by Todd Milles. Ten nominees per week, all WIAA classifications together, unlimited votes — and a Friday noon close that makes it the fastest-turning weekly football poll in Washington state.

Washington High School Athlete of the Week

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

Statewide weekly fan-vote poll run by High School on SI (Sports Illustrated / SBLive) at si.com, recognising standout Washington WIAA high school athletes each sports season. Free, unlimited manual votes, poll closes Sunday at 11:59 pm PT.

Washington High School Football Player of the Week

Washington runs two genuinely different statewide high school football fan votes: SI / High School on SI draws ~20 nominees and closes Monday 11:59 p.m. PT, while VarsityWA (Todd Milles on Substack) takes 10 nominees and closes Friday noon. Both are unlimited. The gap in deadline and field size shapes everything about how campaigns here work.

Best of 425

425 Magazine's Eastside readers' awards, a nominate-then-vote ballot across restaurant, arts, and retail categories covering Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Sammamish, Bothell, and Woodinville.

Best of Clark County

The Columbian's 18th annual Best of Clark County awards, a nominate-then-vote readers' poll spanning 100+ categories across Vancouver and Clark County, Washington.

Best of Snohomish County

The Daily Herald's annual HeraldNet reader poll across every local business category, with winners published as "You voted" articles covering Everett, Marysville, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mukilteo, and Mountlake Terrace.

Best of Western Washington

Annual KING 5 Evening Magazine viewers' poll for Western Washington businesses, with a month-long October ballot and write-in categories across the Puget Sound region.