A challenge manager can give your idea its own submission deadline. They usually do this to let you finish some changes after the challenge has closed. You’re notified when it happens: A new deadline has been assigned to your idea…, and again as the deadline gets close: The deadline for your idea … is approaching.

The idea’s own deadline only matters once the challenge has closed. Until your idea’s deadline passes, you can still edit and submit it.

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   Open your idea. The Idea deadline banner at the top says until when you can submit it, and shows the message the challenge manager left for you, if any.

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   If the banner lists fields under You may only edit the following fields:, only those can be changed. The other questions are read-only, and drop off the submission checklist.

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   When you’re done, click Submit below the submission checklist.

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   Check the summary, then click Submit. Your idea is submitted, even though the challenge has closed.

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Once your idea’s own deadline has passed, you can’t submit it any more. If you unsubmit it after that, it stays a draft.

While a challenge is still open, its own deadline applies to every idea. In the last hour before it closes, a Challenge closing soon banner on your draft reminds you that you won’t be able to submit after that time.