Scroll down to put in your votes for our 50 categories.
We’ve chosen three finalists in each category after our nomination process.
The timeline
⋅ Voting: July 25 through Aug. 19
⋅ Winners announced: Oct. 20
⋅ A special section celebrating the winners will publish in the Springfield News-Sun on Sunday, Oct. 23
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How to vote:
1. Scroll down to the voting tool and look through the categories to see what you can vote on.
2. Click on the green VOTE button next to your choice. Then move on to vote once per day in any or all of our 50 categories.
3. That’s it! We appreciate you being involved.