We aren't going to mark successful entries as accepted until after the deadline for participation has passed. We want to avoid confirming what the answer is so that people don't pass it on.Replying pretty late, but thanks for clearing that up for me last week (and the other members who ran into the same issue).
I made sure to leave the message box as it was to prove that my answer (which I added to the text entry field) is still the same/hasn't been changed.
Does the submission need to be marked as Accepted to qualify for the participation tickets?
I understand that submissions are being looked at manually, but I'm not sure if mine was looked at again after I fixed it.