With autumn and location planning well underway, we turn our attention towards events!
Event Submissions
This year, we are opening event submissions a bit earlier than usual. While we work on solidifying our dates, we hope this affords you some extra time to think of any great activities, presentations, or showcases you’d like to see or run yourself.
We will be accepting event submissions until April 30th. You can head over to the 2025 Submissions Hub to learn more and send in your ideas.
Other Submissions
As a reminder, we are currently accepting submissions for next year’s t-shirt and pin designs through the end of February. You can find more information at the 2025 Submissions Hub.
August Creativity Prompt Winner
We had two winners for this August’s creativity prompt, “Revelation.”
Submissions for our current theme, “Falling,” will be accepted through the end of October on Discord.
We are extremely excited to be bringing Mysterium to Atlanta in 2025. Planning is underway, and we have a lot in store for you all.
2025 Theme Announcement
We’re going big this year. With 2025 being the 20th anniversary of Myst V: End of Ages, we’ve decided to make our theme… Myst V: End of Ages!
We hope this encourages you to find an opportunity to revisit and reflect on the game itself. As for submissions, we think this will allow you to find ample chances for creativity (though The Committee certainly won’t frown on anything piranha chicken related).
Open Submissions
On that note, we are excited to announce that t-shirt and pin design submissions are now open through February 26th, 2025. To learn more, head over to our 2025 Submissions Hub. As always, designs incorporating elements from our theme, Myst V, and the host city are favored.
Downloadables Update
By popular demand, the 2024 Puzzle and Coloring Packets are now available for download! Bring a bit of Mysterium home with you by heading over to our Downloadables page.
July Creativity Prompt Winner
The honor of July’s Creativity Prompt title goes to Harley for their written work, “O, Serenia.” The prompt was Serenia.
Only a few days remain to submit entries for our August prompt, Revelation.
That should do it for now. Please stay tuned for more announcements in the coming weeks!
Hello everyone! We hope you’re all having a promising start to the new year. Let’s kick things off with some announcements.
Hotel Booking
Hotel room booking is now available at our selected venue, the Westin Alexandria Old Town. Rooms are available for $100/night with included wireless internet and discounted parking. For more information about the hotel and the booking link, please head to our Location page.
Mysterium 2022 Location Bids
Mysterium is made possible by local efforts every year. Want us to visit your favorite city? Send us a location bid! Bids for Mysterium 2022 will be accepted through April 1st, 2021. For more information, including sample bids from previous years, visit our Location Bidding page.
Rollover Registration Update
Rollover registration emails were sent in early December. If you have questions, or did not receive one, please feel free to contact us through our Contact page.
Thank you all for joining us as we start 2021. We look forward to bringing you more exciting announcements over the coming months.
– The Mysterium 2021 Triumvirate: Capella, Dan, and Drew
Greetings everyone! We are excited to share some updates for Mysterium 2021!
Registration Now Open
Registration for Mysterium 2021 is now available on our Registration page. Standard registration can be purchased for $30, while premium registration, which includes a t-shirt and any swag, can be purchased for $45 through April 30th. A link for hotel reservations will be posted on the Location page soon.
Before you jump in, we have a few additional notes about registration this year:
2020 Registration Rollover
If you purchased a Mysterium 2020 registration and elected to roll it over to 2021, please do not purchase an additional registration. We will contact all registrants who requested a rollover in the coming weeks to confirm and follow-up with a blog update. If you don’t remember whether you requested a rollover, please wait to see if you receive communication before re-registering.
Statement on COVID-19
The safety and well-being of our attendees is of utmost importance to the Mysterium Committee. As the state of the coronavirus is continually evolving, it is difficult to determine exactly how events or gatherings may look in July. That said, we reserve the right to require attendees to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test prior to issuance of a badge and admission to the event space. Any such proof will be used solely for verification and will not be stored by either The Mysterium Convention or Falling Man Group.
As the situation solidifies in the coming months, we will be sure to provide updates as they are ready to be shared. Any associated policies will be listed on our Policies page, including any potentially relevant changes to our refund policy, if and when they are written.
T-Shirt Order Update
All T-shirts ordered this year have been shipped! Many thanks to Odo for single-handedly taking on such an immense operation. If you have not yet received your shirt or an email with shipping information, please contact us and include your order number.
Submissions
As a reminder, we are currently accepting event, Activity Book, writing, and art submissions from the community. For more information, please see our Submissions page.
Thank you all for your continued support; we hope you are all staying well and look forward to an opportunity to see everyone again soon. For our fans in the United States, have a safe Thanksgiving holiday.
–The Mysterium 2021 Triumvirate: Capella, Drew, and Dan
We are excited to announce that registration and hotel reservations are now open! As is tradition, with registration also comes the announcement of this year’s t-shirt design. We’re so excited to share what the community created this year, so let’s get right to it.
T-Shirts
In the front of this year’s shirt, we have a depiction of the Jefferson Memorial superimposed on the Tomahna book vault. This eye-catching design was created by Katherine “Squee” White.
On the back, we have a stunning depiction of Spire and Haven designed by none other than Claire “Shoom’lah” Hummel.
We’re so excited to have both of these designs for our shirts this year. For more information, please see our T-Shirts page. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who submitted T-shirt artwork this year. Even if your design was not selected, we hope to feature your work elsewhere during Mysterium.
Hotel
This year, Mysterium will take place at the Westin Alexandria Old Town in Alexandria, VA. Located just a few minutes walk from Alexandria and King Street stations, this hotel offers easy access to downtown Alexandria and Washington, D.C. proper. We’ve secured a rate of $100/night for both single and double rooms.
For more information about our hotel, including links to make your reservation, visit our updated Location page.
Registration
Mysterium 2020 registration is now open! From now until May 31st, you can purchase a weekend registration for $25, or a premium registration (weekend + shirt) for $40. That’s a $5 discount off of the individual items! Starting June 1st, the price will increase and shirts will not be available for pre-order.
We have once again included a space for you to indicate your pronouns on your badge, should you wish. Read more and register today over on our Registration page.
Reminders
As a reminder, we are still accepting submissions for events, enamel pins, activity book pages, as well as writing and artwork. The deadline for pin design submissions is right around the corner on March 15th, so be sure to send your ideas in. All information about submissions can be found on the Submissions page.
New Submission Rights Policy
With Cyan’s help, we have written a new licensing/copyright policy for all submitted works (logos, pin designs, etc). Previously, all works submitted to Mysterium became the property of Cyan Worlds Inc. Going forward you will retain copyright of your own work, but grant Cyan and FMG/Mysterium a perpetual license to it. For the complete details and legalese, see the Submissions section on our Policies page. This applies immediately to all future submissions, and retroactively to all pin design and activity book submissions for Mysterium 2020.
It’s hard to believe that Mysterium is just around the corner! We’ll have more updates for you all soon.
– Mysterium 2020 Triumvirate: Capella, Drew, and Dan
