The GOCE September Copy Edit of the Month was a two stage event. Submissions for the contest ran from 00:00 on 1 September 2012 (UTC) until 23:59 on 30 September 2012 (UTC). All submissions were from copy edits that occur during the month of September. Voting on submissions ran from 00:00 on 1 October 2012 (UTC) until 23:59 on 31 October 2012 (UTC).