Best of Springfield 2025: The contest starts today! Nominate here

Best of Springfield logo for 2025

Best of Springfield logo for 2025

Welcome to Best of Springfield!

The contest, presented by the Springfield News-Sun and Greater Springfield Partnership, celebrates the best of Springfield life in dozens of categories.

How to nominate

• Choose a category you’d like to explore to expand the subcategories.

• In the subcategory where you’d like to nominate, enter your nomination in the “Add Business / Individual” field. If you see that business/person in the suggestions that appear, choose it to lock in the nomination. If not, click the “+” sign on the right once you’re done typing to nominate.

• If it’s your first time nominating, you’ll see a box asking you to verify. None of this information will be shared outside of our organization.

• Enter nominations in as many subcategories as you’d like. You’ll be allowed to nominate once per day per subcategory.

• Once you’ve inputted your nominations, you’re all set! There’s no final button to click. Just come back tomorrow to keep nominating your favorites.

Timeline

The contest will have a nomination period, for you to submit any people or businesses you’d like, followed by a voting period after a list of finalists is selected in each category.

The number of nominations a person or business receives will determine the list of finalists.

• Nominations: June 16-27

• Then, we choose the finalists

Voting: July 21-Aug. 8

• Winners announced: Thursday, Oct. 9

• Special section published in the Springfield News-Sun: Sunday, Oct. 12

How to get winners first

We’ll be releasing some information exclusively first throughout the contest in one of our newsletters. Sign up to get the winners before anyone else:

Sign up for the Springfield News-Sun Morning Delivery

How to promote yourself or your business

We’ve put together a website that people and businesses can use for information and tips about how to promote themselves in the contest.

Click here to visit that website, which includes:

• Downloadable logos and graphics

• Suggested language for social media posts

• A form to contact us for more information