diff --git a/server/api/index.js b/server/api/index.js
index e190fbb..8a2860e 100644
--- a/server/api/index.js
+++ b/server/api/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const router = require('express').Router();
 
 // endpoint routing
 const adminRouter = require('./admin');
-const submissionsRouter = require('./submissions');
+const submissionsRouter = require('../router/submission.route');
 
 router.use('/admin', adminRouter);
 router.use('/submissions', submissionsRouter);
diff --git a/server/router/submission.route.js b/server/router/submission.route.js
index e69de29..7753f94 100644
--- a/server/router/submission.route.js
+++ b/server/router/submission.route.js
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+const router = require('express').Router();
+const Submission = require('../models/submission.model');
+
+/**
+ * @swagger
+ * /api/submissions:
+ *  get:
+ *    summary: Retrieve a list of all of the submissions
+ *    produces:
+ *       - application/json
+ *    tags:
+ *      - submissions
+ */
+router.get('/', async ({ res }) => {
+  res.status(200).send(await Submission.find({}));
+});
+
+/**
+ * @swagger
+ * /api/submissions/{teamID}/{submissionID}:
+ *   get:
+ *     summary: Retrieves the specified submission from the specified team
+ *     produces:
+ *       - application/json
+ *     parameters:
+ *       - in: path
+ *         name: submissionID
+ *         required: true
+ *         type: string
+ *         description: The submission ID
+ *     tags:
+ *       - submissions
+ */
+router.get('/:submissionID', async (req, res) => {
+  await Submission.findById(req.params.submissionID, (err, submission) => {
+    if (err) res.status(500).send(err);
+    res.status(200).send(submission);
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * @swagger
+ * /api/submissions/{teamID}/create:
+ *   post:
+ *     summary: Creates a new submission
+ *     responses:
+ *       200:
+ *       produces:
+ *         - application/json
+ *     parameters:
+ *       - in: path
+ *         name: teamID
+ *         required: true
+ *         type: string
+ *         description: The team ID
+ *       - in: path
+ *         name: submissionID
+ *         required: true
+ *         type: string
+ *         description: The submission ID
+ *     tags:
+ *       - submissions
+ */
+router.post('/', (req, res) => {
+  // console.log(req.body);
+  Submission.create(
+    {
+      urls: req.body.urls,
+      attributes: {
+        description: req.body.description,
+        technologies: req.body.technologies,
+        title: req.body.title,
+      },
+
+      // categories: req.body.categories,
+      // there is no teamId, state, categories, flags,
+      // provided in the form. also, no way to handle
+      // images atm.
+    },
+    (err, submission) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.status(500).send(err);
+      } else {
+        res.status(200).json({
+          message: 'success',
+          id: submission.id,
+        });
+      }
+    },
+  );
+});
+
+// update a submission with new info
+router.patch('/:submissionID', async (req, res) => {
+  await Submission.findOneAndUpdate(req.params.submissionID, req.body, {
+    new: true,
+  });
+
+  res.status(200).send(await Submission.findById(req.params.submissionID));
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
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