The best ballot in Marathon is here.
Tallying all of our nominations over the last few weeks, we’re now down to three finalists in each category for the 2025 Best of Marathon Awards. A total of 1,405 voters kept keyboards busy submitting 61,531 nominations, and as this paper makes its way to driveways across Marathon, we’re ready to get the voting started and crown our winners.
Voting is live starting Thursday, Aug. 21 at noon and runs until Sunday, Sept. 7 at midnight. Vote once per day per person, and be sure to submit votes in 75% of categories for your ballot to count. For a full list of finalists, see page 35.
Once voting concludes, the Best of Marathon Awards Gala takes place Sept. 20 at the picturesque Hawks Cay Resort. The evening has evolved into one of the most anticipated events in town, and due to demand, tickets are limited and generally not made available to the public. Winners, nominees and dignitaries are invited and additional attendees are selected from a first-come, first-served waiting list. To be added to the wait list, please email patti@keysweekly.com.
No matter how the votes shake out, the Keys Weekly staff extends a sincere congratulations to all of our finalists. Simply being nominated for a Best of Marathon category is an honor in itself – with no multiple-choice ballot to help them in nominations, locals truly go out of their way to write in the people, places and businesses that make Marathon so incredible.
