The GOCE August Copy Edit of the Month was a two stage event. Submissions for the contest ran from 00:00 01 August 2012 (UTC) until 23:59 31 August 2012 (UTC). All submissions were from copy edits that occurred during the month of August. Voting on submissions ran from 00:00 01 September 2012 (UTC) until 23:59 30 September 2012 (UTC).