@FSG Gaming
@Pixel
So after discussing with each of the judges involved, making sure the workload would not be problematic, and considering the feedback from the thread, we've decided to increase the word count limit on the Writing category to 1000 words. We hope that will be satisfactory in alleviating the concerns of those who thought the word limit would somehow undermine the quality and/or quantity of the Writing category, but I'd also like to point out that thus far, there are more Writing Category submissions than ALL FOUR other Categories combined (there are 9 writing submissions and 8 total of the others). So I believe that Writing is destined to thrive in this contest.
And of course, for those who have already made a submission, you are welcome to edit your story to take advantage of the increased limit.