Best of Springfield
Together with the Greater Springfield Partnership, this annual reader’s choice contest highlights the “best of the best” in Springfield and Clark County and what makes our community unique.
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contest categories covering of variety of businesses and interests
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individual nominations in 2025
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votes tallied from the community
Nominations open June 22, 2026!
The more nominations your business receives, the better chance you have to make the final voting ballot!
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Marketing Assets for your Business
- Use clear, simple, call-to-action messaging on your platforms: “Nominate us for Coffee Shop in Springfield News Sun's Best of Springfield!”
- Include this on your business website’s homepage, and make sure to link to nominations / voting on SpringfieldNewsSun.com
- Include this in your business newsletter, and link to nominations / voting on SpringfieldNewsSun.com
- Social networks to leverage include: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn.
- Use clear, simple, call-to-action language: “Nominate us for Best Pizza in SpringfieldNewsSun.com’s Best of Springfield!”
- Make sure you’re also sharing and promoting the SpringfieldNewsSun.com nomination / voting links to drive people to nominate and vote for you.
TIPS:
- Don’t treat it as “one and done,” because not everyone will see it the first time! Share often.
- Strategically message customers more than once on social media (for example, to kick off nominations, to kick off voting, and last chance to nominate / last chance to vote)
- Use different messaging for nomination and voting phases to clarify that these are different objectives
Use for nominations June 22 - July 3
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Use for finalists July 27 - August 14
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Nominations:
NOMINATE US for us to be a Best of Springfield (enter the category you want to be in here)! Go to https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/bestofspringfield/ to nominate us today!
Include a social media shareable graphic you can find above.
Voting:
VOTE for us as a Best of Springfield (enter what category you’re in here) at https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/bestofspringfield/. You can vote once a day to choose us as your favorite (restaurant, bar, salon, etc. - put your business type here)
Include a social media shareable graphic you can find above.
Have Questions?
Looking for more information on how to be a sponsor of Best of Springfield or other advertising opportunities? Fill out the form and we will get back with you.
