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    <periodOfReport>2019-02-04</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001346980</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Chaparral Energy, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CHAP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001766973</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Calhoun Clinton Jayson</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>701 CEDAR LAKE BLVD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OKLAHOMA CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OK</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>73114</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-02-04</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>60000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>60000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 15,000 shares of performance restricted stock granted under the Management Incentive Plan of Chaparral Energy, Inc., dated as of August 16, 2017 (the &quot;MIP&quot;), and 45,000 shares of time restricted stock granted under the MIP. The 15,000 shares of performance restricted stock will vest ratably on December 31, 2019, December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021, subject to continued employment through the vesting date and attainment of certain performance conditions established each year. The 45,000 shares of time restricted stock will vest ratably on February 1, 2020, February 1, 2021, and February 1, 2022, subject to continued employment through the vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Vice President - Resource Development</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Dasha K. Hodge, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-02-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
