Registration is Open!

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Shorah and a Happy Tuesday!

Registration

Registration is now open! There are a couple of tier options you may choose from.

  • Early standard registration, which is admission only, is $30, or
  • Premium registration, which is admission and a shirt, is $50.

Please note that premium registration, pin, and shirt sales will end on May 24th. After that, standard registration will remain open until July 1st, and the standard registration price will increase to $35. Additional swag is also available to pre-order until July 1st.

After this date, swag will no longer be available to pre-order. Swag and registration will be available on-site as stock and capacity permits.

Head to our registration page to get started.

Shirts

Folks, we have shirts. This year’s design features the jungles of Haven, overlooked by Mt. Hood. The front design was created by Drea and Kelly, and the back design was created by Drea and Ace.

 

Swag

Speaking of swag. We have some delightful things to share with you!

Suncatchers

Kelly “Rayne” Coston has been hard at work making some beautiful swag for Mysterium this year. First up are Haven suncatchers. These measure 3.5” and are UV printed on acrylic sheets. Perfect for a tree ornament or for hanging in the window.

Lanyard Charms

We have three lanyard charm designs for you this year. The Black Ships sigil, a Compass Rose, and an MTA Orange Cone. These measure approximately 1.15” and are great for lanyards or zipper pulls.

We will also have a postcard pack of four with some Haven art, metal bookmarks featuring constellations, magnets featuring some cute Haven animals, and of course, enamel pins.

December/January Creativity Prompt Winner

The prompt was Tradition, and there were some fantastic submissions!

The winner for this round was Belle / Bellachellaluna’s story – https://archiveofourown.org/works/78610191

Please keep up the amazing work with those! You guys really are amazing and it’s so fun to see what you come up with.

Whew! That’s it for now. More updates are coming soon. Have a great week everyone!

Kelly & Drea
2026 Mysterium co-chairs

Link with us!

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Shorah and a Happy Friday!

Hotels

You can now book your room at the Doubletree!

Head over to the Location page for more information on booking your room, including the booking link. Not to be confused with a linking book. Maps and such of the hotel and con room will be coming soon!

If you need to split costs by sharing a room, consider posting in the #looking-for-people channel on our Discord server.

Submissions Reminder

A quick reminder that submissions are still open for both shirt and pin designs. Be quick, though, because they are both due by February 27th!

There is still some time for event submissions, and those are still open as well! Do you enjoy diving into the various animals in the Myst universe? Or you have an idea for what your dream Age would be like. Maybe you enjoy cooking and have thought of some recipes that the people of Riven might enjoy. So if you have a fun idea you’d like to share, please submit it!

That’s all for now, but we have more great stuff in the works that we will be sharing with you soon.

Kelly & Drea
2026 Mysterium co-chairs

It’s Snowing!

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Shorah and a very Merry Holidays from the Mysterium Team!

Happy Holidays from the Mysterium Team! Cozy scene with curled up Flame cat and a mangree wearing a santa hat by a fire with snow outside.

We have some fantastic announcements for you today.

Dates

We have locked in the dates for 2026! Mysterium will be held on July 24-26, 2026. Mark your calendars!

Hotels

We are thrilled to announce that we will have Mysterium 2026 at the DoubleTree Hotel by Lloyd Center.

A booking link will be available soon, so stay tuned for that, but in the meantime, here are some details of the hotel.

  • Room rates are $139/night
  • Includes free parking
  • Includes free hot breakfast buffet (for up to two people/room. After that, the cost is approximately $18/per person)
  • Has a pool
  • Free wifi

Location Page

Now that we have the hotel contract signed, we have updated the Location Page to include additional information, such as directions to the hotel, food options in and around the hotel, and more.

Creativity Prompts

October/November’s prompt winner is this delightful image drawn by Anna.

That wraps up 2025! We wish you an amazing and cozy holiday season filled with snow and fireplaces.

We’ll see you in the new year!

 

Kelly & Drea

2026 Mysterium co-chairs

We Have Lanyards!

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Lanyard Design

Proof of concept. Lanyards do not come with an Eric.

We’re thrilled to announce that we have lanyard designs ready to go for Mysterium 2026!

These lanyards feature the carpet pattern from the Portland Airport. A perfect addition to your travel needs.

Now, you may be thinking, “What in tarnation does the PDX carpet pattern have to do with Haven?!” Well, technically, nothing. However, it does have a bit of a cult following as well as its own Wikipedia page. And here at the MTA, our goal is to provide a great travel experience, which means memorable, local souvenirs!

Each registration comes with one lanyard. However, additional lanyards from this year, as well as previous year,s will be available for purchase at the registration desk. 

Submissions

Submissions are still open! We’re very much looking forward to seeing your events, art, and T-Shirt and/or Pin designs. As always, you can head on over to the Submissions portal to, well, submit something! 

Hotels

Before anyone gets too excited, we’re not quite ready to announce a hotel location yet. However, we’ve gotten quite a few amazing responses from local hotels, and we’re hard at work looking through what they’ve sent us. As soon as we have one, we’ll update you immediately. 

Creativity Prompts

Fall is here, and the holidays are right around the corner. November’s creativity prompt is still open for a few more days!

We look forward to seeing what kinds of creativity y’all have for us!

In the meantime, we’re wishing everyone a fantastic day of good food and great company in whatever manner you are able to celebrate! 

 

Kelly & Drea

2026 Mysterium co-chairs

P.S. We see you out there, looking for hints. Looking for clues. We see you, and we love you. 🙂

F is for Fall and Fun Festivities!

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Fall is here, and we have some great stuff we want to share with you! (And a sneak peek at some room decorations that we’re working on.)

 

Portland Travel Page

The Location page on the website has been updated to reflect a pretty robust list of some really fun things to do when visiting Portland next year.

You’ll notice multiple lists, as things have been broken into categories. Sites you can easily access via public transportation, sites that require a car, and sites that require at least a full day.

We will be adding a list of restaurants and such to that page once we have the hotel contract signed.

Submission Reminders

Submissions are open! We are still accepting submissions for the following:

  • T-shirt designs both front and back
  • Enamel pins
  • Events
  • Activity book pages

Yes, we’ll be printing an activity book this year! So if you have some ideas for that, now’s the time to make it happen. Please head on over to the submissions hub for more detailed information and how to send in your entry for any of the categories.

Prompt Winners

We love the creativity from the community, and the stuff you guys submit is amazing.

August’s prompt winners are:

Written: Khrees (http://www.eldalamberon.com/dni_dict.htm) for 

D’ni Bubbles

.buhbeltee d’nee
treglahstahv
bahreleet zoo biv
k’tsee mot tsahv
.buhbeltee d’nee
bahreleet zoo tahmet
terthkahnradtahv roo dotsahr be
taygahn shem brezuh tso gor
.met kenen breseren pe
rebirahno khoyoo
gah kenen erthbigto b’rish
khe shem gah zoo
.buhbeltee d’nee
treglahstahv
bahreleet zoo biv
k’tsee mot tsahv
.buhbeltee d’nee
bahreleet zoo tahmet
terthkahnradtahv roo dotsahr be
taygahn shem brezuh tso gor

Translation:

D’ni bubbles in the wine (lit. ‘drink’)
make me all happy that I’m alive.
D’ni bubbles make me warm (lit. ‘full of fire’)
with a feeling (lit. ‘thought’) that I’m going to
love you till the end of time.
This is to the moon (lit. ‘light’) above the sea I invoke
and mostly this a toast (lit. ‘blessing’) for you and me.
D’ni bubbles in the wine
make me all happy that I’m alive.
D’ni bubbles make me warm
with a feeling that I’m going to
love you till the end of time.

Visual: Nina (https://bsky.app/profile/monkiinart.bsky.social) for

And September’s winner is:

Jet for

More updates will be posted soon. Have a great weekend!

Kelly & Drea

2026 Mysterium co-chairs