JordanCon 2011 will take place April 15-17, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta, Georgia. Our Guest of Honor this year is David B. Coe, the Crawford award winning author of the LonTobyn Chronicle and the Winds of the Forelands series. David will be joined by Special Guest Nebula Award winner Eugie Foster, who’s novelette “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest, Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” is nominated for a Hugo at this year’s WorldCon.

Our programming this year will once again include our popular Forum, Writer’s and Workshop tracks. New for 2011 will a Gaming track, which will feature our Seanchan Hold’em Charity Poker game, “Are you a Darkfriend?” and the ever popular Magic: The Gathering, along with a host of other RPGs, CCGs and whatever else you can shake some funny looking dice at. Also new this year will be the “Kaffeklatch”, a long running tradition in convention fandom. This track will give you the opportunity for some one on one time with the guests and select program participants at the convention. We’ll post details about how to register for these events as we get closer to the convention.

Preregistration for JordanCon 2011 is $45 until December 31st.

Pre-registration for JordanCon, the annual convention for fans of the late Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time closes April 3. Guests this year include Guest of Honor Brandon Sanderson, co-author of The Gathering Storm, the most recent Wheel of Time novel; David Wong, author of John Dies at the End and editor of Cracked.com; and Jana G. Oliver, author of the award winning Time Rovers series. Our Toastmaster for the weekend will be Matt Hatch, Benevolent Dictator of the Hard Core Fan Freaks of Theoryland.com. Panelists and other presenters will include Jason Denzel, webmaster of Dragonmount.com; Jennifer Liang, Dragonmount staff, Director of Wheel of Time programing for Dragon*Con and Chair of JordanCon; Linda Taglieri, contributor to The 13th Depository blog; Harriet McDougal, editor of the Wheel of Time series; Jendayi Bellydance of Atlanta; Maria Simmons and Alan Romanczuk, continuity editors for The Wheel of Time, and many more.

Programming highlights this year include our annual “Seanchan Hold’em” charity poker game and silent auction benefiting the Mayo Clinic. Additionally, JordanCon will feature gaming, a full Writer’s Track, a Seanchan Homecoming Ball, costuming, and numerous panels and discussions. Pre-registration is currently $60, and will be $65 at the door. Our host hotel for 2010 is the gorgeous Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta, Georgia. Rooms are still available at the discounted rate of $105 a night. JordanCon t shirts are available for pre-order through our website. JordanCon will take place April 23-25.

More information, including our progress report, can be found on our website: www.ageoflegends.net

The JordanCon 2010 Dealers Hall packet is ready.

Click on it.

Greetings everyone,

We have been victims of some Internet hacking. Recently we have been attacked with MySQL injectors that disable our databases. We restored our site only to be hacked again. We have since corrected the issue.

Now this past weekend or so during JordanCon, we were attacked and our site was edited to send malware to your computers. We have corrected the main pages and our forums so you should not be getting any more malwares. Please be patient with us as we correct the rest of the site.

I also advise running an anti-malware or anti-virus just to be sure your computers are safe.

Sincerely,

Jimmy
aka The Convention Panda

Manila, Philippines
Location: Glorieta Activity Center, Glorieta Mall, Makati City
Time & Date: October 27 (mall hours)
Coordinator: Nick Yarte (09063126037) / AJ Apilis (09194065329)

ajapilis@yahoo.com

James Rigney,who wrote under the pen name “Robert Jordan”, passed away this afternoon in Charleston, SC at 2:45 PM after a long struggle with Amyloidosis. He was surround by friends and family.

You can read the family’s announcement of Dragonmount here: http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=90

May the last embrace of the Mother welcome you home, Jim.

May 22, 2007:

Robert Jordan has announced a competition on his blog (www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan) where artists will have the opportunity to submit original artwork based on the Wheel of Time® for inclusion in a 2009 calendar! He writes, “I know there is some really professional quality work because I have seen it. Style doesn’t matter in this. Manga, hyper-realism, current cover-art. Whatever. Anything and everything is acceptable as a possibility. It will be the quality that counts, not the style. If you want to try it the way you think Rembrandt would have done it, go for it.”***The competition will run from Tuesday, May 22nd through Wednesday, August 15th,* and the initial judging will be conducted under the supervision of a panel of judges from several popular Wheel of Time® websites including:
www.dragonmount.com
www.wotmania.com
www.tarvalon.net
www.ageoflegends.net
www.encyclopaedia-wot.org

Robert Jordan will personally select the top 12 images to appear in a 2009 WHEEL OF TIME® calendar. Winners will also receive a copy of the calendar, along with a signed note from Robert Jordan thanking them for submitting artwork to the competition.

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So start thinking about how you would like to conceptualize the characters, locations or events in Robert Jordan Wheel of Time® novels—and get to work! You can find all of the details, including the Official Rules, at www.wheeloftimecalendar.com.
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Our very own Jess has been recognized by Dragonmount’s Wheel of Time Hall of Fame. Jess is being recognized for her efforts as a previous Org Leader at Dragonmount, former Ajah Head at TarValon.net, the owner and Amyrlin Seat of ParaanDisan.net and, of course, for her costuming work at Dragon*Con. Congratulations Jess!

Dragonmount’s announcement
Wheel of Time Hall of Fame

Dragon*Con is teaming up with the American Diabetes Association and you can help.

Dragon*Con is forming Team Dragon for the upcoming Tour De Cure, Sunday May 20th, in Fairburn, Georgia. We are currently looking for members to join the team and help raise funds for the Diabetes Association. (You do not have to be a staff member of Dragon*Con to join the team.)

The Tour is a ride, not a race, with routes designed for everyone from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist. There will be a 8 mile Family Fun ride, and rides of 25k (15.5 miles), 50k (31 Miles) and 100k (62 Miles), so riders of all levels are invited to join the team. You’ll travel a route supported from start to finish with rest stops, food to fuel your journey and fans to cheer you on!

Each member of the team that raises the minimum donation of $150 will receive a team bag consisting of the following goodies;

• A Dragon*Con Shoulder bag
• A 2007 Dragon*Con T-Shirt
• A Water Bottle – Courtesy of Outback Bikes in Little 5 Points
• A Dragon*Con Key Ring
• A Dragon*Con Bracelet
• 1 Bottle of Propel Energy Drink
• 1 Marathon Energy Bar
• 1 banquet ticket for the awards banquet at Dragon*Con 2007 – the cycling group will have a reserved table and will be recognized for their efforts.

• A Saturday Only membership for Dragon*Con 2007
• In addition, we are working on more goodies for the team.

The person that raises the most money for the event will also receive the following prize packet;
• A 4 day membership to Dragon*Con 2007
• Saturday night Hotel room paid for by the convention and
• A recognition plaque for their efforts from Dragon*Con

Here is the link to the team home page, if you wish to join or learn more about the event;

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=4372&team_id=194438

Unable to ride? That’s OK, you can help sponsor a member of Team Dragon as well. You can make a tax deductible contribution on behalf of a team member from the team home page as well.

Well, it’s a new year and all that. Enough time has passed so that I can start planning Dragon*Con ’07 without my staff throwing things at me. There’s a couple of threads up on the forums that could use some attention and I’m taking suggestions for programming.