Big Chicken: Shirt Edition

Posted on March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 by Drew | No Comments

Happy Friday, everyone!

We are excited to unveil this year’s shirt and pin designs! Thank you to everyone who submitted artwork. We received several wonderful pin designs this year. It’s a shame we couldn’t pick them all!

All merchandise will be available to order with your registration once that opens within the next few weeks. While pre-orders are highly encouraged, we will once again be able to sell additional items in-person this year.

T-Shirts

Front Design

The front design, by Kelly “Rayne” Coston, features a Bahro holding the Tablet, adorned with the number 25 and ATL, and a Piranha Chicken.

Back Design

The back design, by Curator, depicts the Marietta, GA KFC Big Chicken. Gehn seemingly cannot understand why everyone is praising it instead of him…

Pins

We are very excited to offer a set of three pins this year:

“Explorer” by laughingpineapple
“Pirbird on a Beach” by Kelly “Rayne” Coston
“Todelmer” by m13

Perhaps we’ll have even more to share soon…

Submission Reminders

As a reminder, event submissions are open until April 30th. Additionally, if you are working on a 2026 Location Bid, be aware that those are due no later than April 1st.

Creativity Prompts

For January/February’s topic, “Rime,” TeaL submitted this gorgeous visual interpretation:

We are accepting pieces for our current prompt, “Thawing,” through the end of April on Discord.

That’ll do it for today. Stay tuned for our upcoming registration announcement.

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs

Mysterium 2025: Buckhead Edition

Posted on February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 by Drew | No Comments

Hello everyone!

First, thank you all for your t-shirt and pin submissions. We can’t wait to make our selections!

Now, it’s time for the announcement you’ve all been eagerly awaiting…

Hotel and Location

We are excited to announce that Mysterium 2025 will be held just north of Downtown Atlanta at the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Buckhead! We have negotiated a rate of $129/night with complimentary breakfast and discounted parking included. Both single and double rooms are available.

Rooms must be booked via our group link by July 9th. After this date, rooms may be released back to the public and the above price is no longer guaranteed.

Please visit our Location page for full information on the venue and how to book.

If you have any questions or issues during booking that are not addressed on the Location page, please let us know on Discord.

Event Submissions

As a reminder, we are accepting event submissions through April 30th. If there’s something you’d like to run or see at Mysterium this year, please take a look.

We thank you for your patience and cannot wait to see you all. For now, we’ll leave you with… something to pique your curiosity.

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs

Your Regularly Scheduled Reminders

Posted on February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 by Drew | No Comments

Hello everyone!

While we finalize venue details for this year, we’d like to take a moment for some quick reminders.

Submission Deadlines

Pin and t-shirt design submissions will be accepted through Wednesday, February 26th. That’s just under two weeks away! For more information on what we need and how to get your submissions to us, take a look at our Submissions Hub.

2026 Location Bidding Deadline

Did you know that you have the power to bring Mysterium to your city? Our parent organization, the Falling Man Group, is seeking location bids, which are proposals that explain what Mysterium would look like if it were to be held in your favorite city.

While bids are accepted year-round, bids for 2026 must be submitted by April 1st. If this is an opportunity you might be interested in, please review our Location Bids page.

Creativity Prompt Winner and Submissions

The winner of November/December’s Creativity Prompt, “hearth,” was Talashar’s Stories in the Cabin. Be sure to give it a read!

Submissions for our current theme, “rime,” will be accepted through the end of the month on Discord.

That’s it for now. We’ll be back with more very soon!

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs

New Year, New Updates!

Posted on January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 by Drew | No Comments

Hello everyone and welcome to 2025! Mysterium grows ever closer with the turning of the calendar. Are you excited?

We have a few quick updates to ring in the new year.

Riven Spoilers

We’ve received a few inquiries regarding whether spoilers for Riven (2024) will be allowed at Mysterium this year. Following some discussion, the committee will permit spoilers at the convention.

We wish to provide a space where attendees and fans are able to discuss Riven freely, especially knowing that over a year will have passed since its release. We will do our best to indicate whether events and presentations contain spoilers so attendees can plan accordingly. Presenters will also be encouraged to let attendees know if their content contains spoilers before starting.

While we won’t be able to enforce it, we’ll have some small star stickers available at registration for you to apply to your badge holder if you wish to indicate to others that you would like to avoid Riven spoilers in conversation.

Submission Reminders

As a reminder, submissions for shirt designs, pins, events, writing, and artwork are all open. The next deadline is shirts and pins, which will close on February 26th.

For more information, check out the Submissions Hub.

Creativity Prompt Winner and Updates

The winner of September/October’s Creativity Prompt of “Falling” is Talashar’s “Many Colors.” Please do give it a read!

Voting is underway for November/December’s “Hearth” topic and submissions are currently being accepted for January/February’s theme, “Rime.” Check out the Discord to participate!

We wish everyone the best start to 2025! Stay tuned for more updates soon…

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs

Dates and Policy Updates

Posted on November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 by Drew

Hello everyone!

We have some big announcements to make, so let’s dive right in.

We Have Dates!

We’ll be returning to our roots and hosting Mysterium 2025 during the first weekend of August. We look forward to seeing you from August 1st – 3rd!

Additional details about our venue will be announced and posted on the Location page as it becomes available.

Health and Safety Policy Updates

Masks and COVID vaccines will be strongly encouraged at Mysterium 2025. Masks will continue to be available for attendees who did not bring their own, should they wish to use one.

A change to our conduct policy has been implemented to support the health and safety of our attendees and staff. Please review it. In summary:

Attendees agree to immediately stop participating in Mysterium if they exhibit symptoms of a contagious illness.
- You may engage via the live stream as an alternative.
Failure to follow the conduct policy’s health and safety guidance may result in removal from the event, or additional actions as necessary.

Submissions Updates

We are ready to accept submissions for this year’s Writing and Artwork table, run once again by the fabulous Annacat. Submissions will be accepted through July 15th. For more information, please see the Writing & Art Table Submissions page.

Information about all open submission opportunities can be found on the Submissions Hub.

Creativity Prompt Voting and Submissions Open

We’re in our final days of voting for our previous creativity prompt, “Falling.” We received a number of submissions, so be sure to vote on Discord by the end of this week!

Submissions for our current theme, “Hearth,” are also being accepted on Discord through the end of December.

That’s all for now! Until next time…

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs