About the Best of Northern Utah
In the Standard-Examiner’s Best of Northern Utah contest, readers have the last word.
People look forward to voting in the Best of Northern Utah contest to support their favorite local businesses, organizations, people and attractions. We’re proud to host it to recognize the places and people that make this region special.
Nominations & Voting
Readers can nominate their favorite businesses, organizations and people for all of the categories. This keeps the contest fresh as new businesses and organizations come to the area and as existing ones change and grow.
Readers vote to narrow the big list of nominated businesses, organizations and attractions down to just the top three in each category.
Sign-In Rules
Registration and sign-in are available during the contest’s open periods. If you see a countdown, please return once it completes to register/login or to nominate and/or vote.
Newly registered users can nominate and vote immediately for the first seven (7) days without logging in on the same device.
Once the 7-day period has ended, or should you wish to participate from a different device, you will need to click the “Sign In to Continue Voting” link near the top left of the contest page in the colored bar under the header and contest copy. After entering the email address you registered with, you will receive an email from noreply@mail.revfluent.com containing your personal login link to continue nominating and/or voting. Please check your spam folders in case your email client sent it there. If indeed it was delivered to spam, please mark it as “Not Spam” to ensure you receive communications in your inbox going forward.
Bookmark your personalized login link for quick access! Users do not need to sign in daily from the same device unless browser cookies are disabled.
Sign-in sessions remain active for 30 days. Once a session expires, users will need to sign in again using the bookmark in the email or requesting a new email by clicking the “Sign In to Continue Voting” link again.
Before requesting support, please search your entire email inbox for a message from noreply@mail.revfluent.com containing your login link.
If you still have not received the email, contact support by clicking the “Have a Question” near the top right of the contest page in the color bar under the header and contest copy and we will reply as soon as possible. Please provide the email address you believe you registered with.
Nomination guidelines
We reserve the right to disqualify a business or organization from a category that does not represent a significant focus of its activities.
Nominees must, in most categories, be open to the general public. That is, no restrictive membership organizations. Exceptions include golf courses.
Nominations for individual categories, like Real Estate Agent, must include the nominee’s full name and place of business.
Application of our criteria is not an exact science. The Best of Northern Utah’s team uses its best judgment; if you think we’ve made an error, please email best@standard.net.
Fair voting rules
Nominees/entrants are prohibited from soliciting votes by offering payments or exchange of value of any kind.
Voting is limited to one vote in each category per person per day.
Even though we require sign-ups, we recognize that some people, in their enthusiasm, may be tempted to vote several times using different email accounts. Please note that voting under multiple email accounts violates the rules.
We do have systems in place to detect fraudulent voting. When we see evidence of fraudulent voting, we may eliminate all suspect votes at our discretion. In extreme cases, we will remove entrants, as well.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What are the key dates for 2025?
- Nomination/Voting Period: June 28-July 7
- Winners announced: August 9
Q: I nominated my business, but I don’t see it showing up on the website in the list of nominees. Why is that?
If you’re looking at the site during the voting period and don’t see a business you nominated, fear not! In order for a nomination to show up on the site, we have to approve it manually. Because we receive thousands of nominations, we can get backlogged.
Q: Do I need to click a submit button to finalize my votes?
No, users do not need to click a submit button when done nominating/voting. Votes are recorded as soon as the vote buttons are clicked. If a user decides to change their vote, the change will take place as soon as the vote button next to a different business listing is clicked.
Q: How are the winners selected?
Winners are those that received the first, second, and third most votes in their category. If there is a tie, we will announce both.
Q: Why does this contest allow people to vote every day?
The Best of Northern Utah’s contest allows daily voting—once per person per day per hour—because daily voting rewards entrants with passionate supporters. With a single vote per person, entrants with the best name recognition have a distinct advantage, as some voters skim over categories and cast their votes casually. Name recognition is an important part of finding the Best of Northern Utah, but we also want to reward the passionate loyalty some people have for their local favorites, which can be captured in daily voting.
Also: This contest is fundamentally about celebrating and supporting great area institutions by raising their profile and helping them gain new fans. With daily voting, the contest raises the visibility of those businesses and organizations that use it to reach out to new and existing customers to ask for their support, through advertising and through their own channels.