# What is “Submission”?

A submission is an entry a participant files to a contest or KPI programme — text, photo, form or quantity — that a reviewer can approve, count and score by day or quantity.

Also called: contest entry, KPI submission

SSociana team·19 Oct 2026·2 min read

## Submission in detail

In programme-style occasions, participation is not only tapping a poll; it is doing something and reporting it. The submission is the record of that report. A participant files an entry under a contest: a KPI update, a photo of an action, a completed form, or a quantity such as units logged. Depending on the contest rules, a reviewer approves or rejects it, a quantity can be recorded, and scoring can follow the approved count or the day of submission. Because every submission is a discrete record with a person, a time and a status, programme owners can measure what many HR teams actually care about: how many were filed, how fast they were reviewed, and who stopped submitting. These appear in mobile dashboards as user-wise submission views. Submissions earn points that flow into the unified leaderboard, and rejected entries do not. Clear rejection reasons help participants resubmit correctly rather than quietly dropping out.

## How Sociana uses it

Submissions are the leaf of the tournament, contest and submission chain. Statuses and review turnaround appear in the User-wise Submissions dashboard and in exports.

## Example

An ambassador programme tracked each quarter's KPI submissions per person alongside how quickly reviewers approved them.

## Questions

What can a submission contain?

Text, photos, form answers or a quantity, depending on how the contest is configured, with a status of pending, approved or rejected. The submission is the record of that report. Depending on the contest rules, a reviewer approves or rejects it, a quantity can be recorded, and scoring can follow the approved count or the day of submission.

How is review turnaround measured?

From the time a submission is filed to the time a reviewer approves or rejects it. Programme owners can read it from dashboards and exports. Statuses and review turnaround appear in the User-wise Submissions dashboard and in exports. Because every submission is a discrete record with a person, a time and a status, programme owners can measure what many HR teams actually care about: how many were filed, how fast they were reviewed, and who stopped submitting.

Do rejected submissions score?

No. Points are awarded on approved entries according to the contest's scoring rule, so rejected entries do not move the leaderboard. Submissions are the leaf of the tournament, contest and submission chain. An ambassador programme tracked each quarter's KPI submissions per person alongside how quickly reviewers approved them.

## Keep reading

[Recurring employee programmes](https://sociana.in/event-types/employee-programmes/)[Contest](https://sociana.in/glossary/contest/)[Tournament](https://sociana.in/glossary/tournament/)[Participation rate](https://sociana.in/glossary/participation-rate/)[App Store & Play Store submission checklist (free)](https://sociana.in/templates/store-submission-checklist/)[Run tournaments, contests and submissions](https://sociana.in/help/organisers/run-tournaments-contests-and-submissions/)

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