I just learned of the new moderator for the Writer's Forum and I gotta say a hearty CONGRATULATIONS!  I'm all on board for the writing challenge as well.  I love the idea of a monthly challenge as a way to get creative juices going; I see it as similar to the "prompt" exercises in writing workshops across the globe, and maybe that's something that can work its way in here as well.  I love a good prompt exercise.  There could be a whole thread based on that: a single image, for example, and everyone willing to participate is invited to write a story or poem based on that image!  It could go hand-in-hand with the monthly challenges, and in terms of the monthly challenges, that's a great idea, too, especially if lots of people get on board!  I'm all for that!  And so, lemme get this straight?  We can now post 800X800 images?  Cool.  Call me a weirdo, but I rather like the smaller image sizes as they seem to mirror the sort of artwork once found in the science fiction magazines I spent my adolescence reading.  I like the allowable size increase, but I'm probably gonna stick with slightly smaller images...just 'cause I'm weird that way.