Not A Scheduled Post

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Hello everyone!

While this is not a scheduled post, it most certainly is a post about our schedule. We’ve got some exciting announcements to share!

2025 Schedule is Live!

We’re happy to announce that the Mysterium 2025 schedule is ready to share with the world. This year features a mix of presentations, group activities, and excursions (more on those below). We hope this year will offer an opportunity to meet new attendees, recognize the work of our community, experience what Atlanta has to offer, and, most importantly, have some fun!

Official Excursions

We are offering two official excursions this year:

  • Friday: Breakout rooms at Breakout Games, Atlanta/Buckhead
  • Saturday: A trip to the Georgia Aquarium

If you are interested in joining, tickets may be purchased through July 1st. Head to the Registration page to learn more.

Reminders

As a reminder, we have some important deadlines approaching:

Other deadlines:

March and April Creativity Prompt Winners

We had two winners for March and April’s Creativity Prompt, “Thawing.”

In first was redwoodrroad’s Gehn piece:

Painting of Gehn as seen behind a barred window with his hand longingly touching a picture of Keta.

Second, and breaking a three-way tie, was Harley’s story, “Thawing.”

Thanks, everyone, for the great submissions this round! Voting for May’s topic, “Chicken,” is open and submissions for June’s topic, “Beach,” are being accepted on Discord.

 

It’s hard to believe Mysterium is just two months away! We hope you’re as excited as we are. We’ll send you off with a picture of this year’s pins, which safely arrived last week!

Photo of Mysterium 2025 pin set with a planet for Todelmer on the left, a Relto book with DRC helmet and cone in the middle, and piranha chicken on a beach on the right.

 

Until next time…

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs

Get Your Registrations, Folks!

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Evening, folks! It’s time for the most anticipated announcement of the season. Well… perhaps it’s more the third-most anticipated.

Registration Open

Registration is now open! As always, we have a few tiers to choose from. Early standard registration (admission) is $25 while a premium registration (admission and a shirt) is $40. Additional swag is also available to purchase with your registration through July 1st. After this date, swag will no longer be available to pre-order and standard registration will increase to $30.

This year, we will once again be able to sell swag and registration on-site as stock and capacity permits.

Head to our registration page to get started.

More Swag? More Swag!

We’re super excited to showcase two additions to this year’s swag lineup:

Coasters

Designed by Kelly “Rayne” Coston, we have a set of four coasters featuring stained glass interpretations of the Direbo bubbles. Coasters are UV printed on clear acrylic and include rubber feet. The display stand shown in the picture below, designed (though not yet finished) by Curator, is not included or available for purchase.

Four translucent coasters featuring stained glass-inspired designs of the four Direbo age bubbles are displayed in a wooden frame, backlit with sunlight.

Lanyard Charms

Kelly “Rayne” Coston has also contributed a Tablet design lanyard charm this year. While not shown, charms will include a ring and clasp for easy attaching to your lanyard or badge.

Colorized rendering of the Myst 5 tablet

Last Call for Event Submissions

As a reminder, event submissions close on April 30th. If you are planning to submit an event concept, please keep next week’s deadline in mind.

Creativity Prompts

Likewise, submissions for this month’s creativity prompt theme of “thawing” are due by April 30th. Head to the Discord to check it out!

 

Thanks, everyone, for your patience as we work hard to bring you a great Mysterium 2025! Until next time…

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs

Big Chicken: Shirt Edition

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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

Mockup of a woman wearing a dark green t-shirt with the Mysterium 2025 design on front. The design features a Bahro holding a stone tablet. The stone tablet corner designs have been replaced with the letters A, T, L, and the number 25 in D'ni. A piranha chicken stands next to the Bahro.
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

Mockup showing the back of a dark green t-shirt worn on a man. It depicts line art of the Marietta, GA KFC Big Chicken surrounded by stick figures in worship. Gehn is shown on the right, raising his arms as if praising the chicken or confused.
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:

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:

Illustration of the Rime age from Myst

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

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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.

Blurry photo showing a blue and purple stained glass like item in front of a background of trees

Curator and Drew
Mysterium 2025 Co-Chairs

Your Regularly Scheduled Reminders

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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