The area of the contest is Rockbridge County (including the cities of Lexington and Buena Vista).

You can vote in any or all categories, but only one vote per category per day.

For your vote to be counted, you must vote in at least 3 categories.

Votes are locked in after 10 minutes, so choose wisely!

Write-in votes are accepted in existing categories up till September 23.

No nominations or votes accepted after the round deadline.

National and regional chains will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Anyone can nominate. You can even nominate yourself or your business.

At the end of the voting round, there will be three winners for each category: the winner and two finalists. In the event of a tie, the last vote cast will be used to break any ties.

The News-Gazette is the final authority on all aspects of the contest.