by laurel.carbonneau | Mar 11, 2026 | Announcements, Main
Volunteering at JordanCon is a great way to meet friends and help make the Con a huge success. But did you also know that as a volunteer, you have the chance to win awesome prizes via our daily raffles?
Here’s the scoop:
-If you volunteer on Thursday, you’re entered into a drawing on Friday morning
-Volunteer on Friday and your drawing is Saturday morning
-Volunteer on Saturday and the raffle is Sunday morning.
-All Sunday volunteers will have a drawing at the Dead Dog party after the Con on Sunday night.
Raffle prizes include tangible items and Con-specific perks, such as the Golden Spoon and 2 premium seats for the Costume Contest! Winners will be announced on Discord.
To sign up to volunteer, visit: https://signup.com/go/qOwmMDK
Once you sign up, be sure to join the Volunteer channel on JordanCon’s Discord; that will be the primary means of communication at Con. Join the Discord by visiting discord.gg/jordancon, then go to the #roles-self-help channel and click on the spear emoji to opt-in.
by laurel.carbonneau | Feb 20, 2026 | Activities, Announcements
JordanCon thrives thanks to the amazing support of our volunteers, and we’d love for you to be part of the magic! Volunteering is a fantastic way to contribute to this special convention. Not only will you walk away with a sense of satisfaction at helping to make another amazing con for everyone, but you can also enjoy some awesome perks along the way, such as:
- Raffles each day (Thur-Sun) you volunteer; each 1.5-hour shift earns you a ticket to raffles.
- Dead Dog party on Sunday after the Con which includes gelato dessert and additional raffle prizes.
- Early access to the hotel block, badge purchase, and volunteer sign-ups for next year.
- All weekend access to Rhuidean for snacks, drinks, and conversation
- Thank you goodie bag at the beginning of Con
- If you volunteer for 3 or more shifts, you get this year’s Aiel Pin: this year’s pin is for the Hama N’dore (Mountain Dancers) (Each pin is exclusively made for a specific year of the Con)
- An Aiel badge ribbon for your 1st shift and Jenn Aiel badge ribbon for 3rd shift
Come join the fun—we can’t wait to see you at JordanCon! To sign up for volunteering, visit: https://signup.com/go/qOwmMDK
Once you sign up, be sure to join the Volunteer channel on JordanCon’s Discord; that will be the primary means of communication at Con. Join the Discord by visiting discord.gg/jordancon, then go to the #roles-self-help channel and click on the spear emoji to opt-in.
by laurel.carbonneau | Oct 13, 2025 | Announcements
Chug your metal vials, drain your spheres, ink your soul stamps, and prepare your Breath… Brandon will be attending JordanCon 2026!!! We’re thrilled to have him back this year!
Have you been holding back or debating whether or not to buy your membership? We can’t imagine why, but if that’s you… now you have yet another awesome reason to spend the weekend with us! Pick up your membership now to make sure you have a guaranteed spot at your favorite event of the year!
by laurel.carbonneau | Jun 24, 2025 | Announcements
Hey, JordanCon writer! If you or someone you know is interested in submitting a story to the JordanCon 2026 Anthology, Beyond the Veil, we wanted to take a moment and talk about the changes we’ve made regarding submissions this year. Instead of just short stories and novellas, we’ve expanded what we’re going to accept by way of story submissions!
We’ll be accepting the following in the genres of sci-fi, fantasy, and/or horror:
poetry – various word counts
flash fiction – 1,000-2,000 words
short story – 2,001-7,000 words
novelette – 7,001-15,000 words
novella – 15,001-22,000 words
Please note that poetry or flash fiction would have a smaller honorarium than shorts or a novelette or novella. And remember that submissions close on September 15th, so you have a smidge under 3 months to come up with something to wow us! And as some of you may know to do, if you have something a bit longer than our novella word count would allow for, email Paige or message her on Facebook to chat about it! Find the submission page here.
We can’t wait to see what our writers can do this year!
by Rhed Morgan | Nov 1, 2024 | Announcements, Food and Drink, Information
Tomorrow the host hotel block opens for booking! So today I wanted to take the time to tell you a little bit about the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia.
1. Either valet or self parking is available on site. In the past, the hotel has offered a reduced daily rate for JordanCon attendees. Parking is in a garage under the hotel. In 2024, an alternate parking garage was available as well, around the corner from the hotel.
2. Food is available on site. The Crowne Plaza offers a grab-and-go convenience food selection, a coffee shop, two bars (upstairs and down), light eats upstairs, and a full-service restaurant open for breakfast and dinner. With JordanCon in the hotel, breakfast that in the past consisted of a buffet meal, usually eggs, potatoes, meat(s), and a breakfast bread like pancakes or waffles, plus the usual continental items as well.
3. If you smoke or vape, there’s an area to the far left of the hotel entrance (turn left as you go out the hotel doors). There are at least three picnic tables there, along with butt cans and a trash can. Remember to help keep this area clean!
4. Behind the hotel is a beautiful park area. It’s a great place to take your food delivery (no eating in the hotel lobby), or to get away from the bustle of the con for a bit with a book. The park has some great places to take photos, and you can bet all the pro photographers at the event know the best spots!
5. If you’re a mermaid, there is a pool. It’s indoors on floor 2 and heated, so if you want to take a dip, you have that option.
6. The area surrounding the hotel boasts a ton of places for you to grab snacks and beverages for the room (Target and Publix are close by), or to go out to have a meal outside the hotel. UberEats, Grubhub, and the like are also available should you just want to chill in your room with some Chinese food.
7. Lastly, staying at the host hotel enhances your JordanCon experience. You have a place to store purchases from the Vendors Hall, a place to escape the crowds, a room to go back to with your ConSuite lunch, and a bed to stumble toward when you’re exhausted from a long night of dancing or gaming.
Tl;dr? The host hotel is the place to be for JordanCon 2025. The link opens November 2 at noon, so watch social media and your email to book.
by Rhed Morgan | Jul 12, 2024 | Announcements, Charity Events
Written by Paige Vest, Anthology Director
For the past several years, JordanCon has produced a short story anthology with stories written by former and current attendees and guests of the convention. We eventually added art to the anthology, and now the books contain a beautiful mixture of art and stories. Featuring elements of science fiction, fantasy, or horror, we have had some stunningly good submissions over the years.
Each year, the proceeds of the anthology sales go to the convention’s chosen charity, the Mayo Clinic. This is where our dear Creator, Robert Jordan, was treated for his rare illness, amyloidosis. We lost Jordan on September 16, 2007, and with the inception of the convention the following year, we’ve donated to the Mayo Clinic each year.
We hope that you choose to support the convention and our charity in 2025 by submitting art or stories, or by purchasing an anthology, or both. Our theme for the anthology is Heroes, and we anticipate lots of wonderful content. You’ll soon be able to preorder the anthology on the JordanCon site, and it will also be available to purchase at the convention, which takes place April 25-27, 2025. The paperback edition will be available to order on Amazon beginning April 25, with a Kindle edition to follow soon after. And remember, authors and artists who are accepted into the anthology receive not only an honorarium for submitting, but also receive a complimentary copy of the anthology.
We can’t wait to read the wonderful stories and see the amazing art that our participants will submit! Find guidelines and deadlines for submissions here: JordanCon Anthology 2025 submissions.
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
