Emergencies do come up, but expect some penalty.
This paper must be a minimum of 1000 words and be no longer than 1500 words. The word count does not include footnotes and bibliography. If the count is outside this range, you will be graded down. If you are used to thinking in terms of pages, this is roughly six to ten pages. If you want guidelines for the format of the bibliography and footnotes, use Mayer as your guide.