I hate to see adventures delayed due to distracted administrators. I would support seeing you start a new adventure and just not awarding XPs until the PCs are approved. I'm feeling pretty swamped myself, particularly when it comes to DMing & judging. I'm not keeping up with all my duties, either.
As for the DM credit. You get a DM credit for writing up an adventure summary, and posting it in your thread & on the Wiki once the adventure is through. That should be awarded by your judge.