JordanCon is a

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held annually in

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that celebrates Robert Jordan's

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'', as well as other

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and fantasy works. The convention is a

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tax exempt charitable organization founded in honor of the late Robert Jordan.

History

Founding

JordanCon was founded by Jennifer Liang. The first JordanCon was held at the Alpharetta

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, in

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, April 17–19, 2009. The Guest of Honor was

Harriet McDougal Harriet Popham McDougal Rigney (born August 4, 1939) is an editor who worked on several best-selling fantasy books, including the ''Wheel of Time'' series written by her husband, Robert Jordan. Jordan often claimed that all major female characters ...

, widow of Robert Jordan. Fan Guest of Honor was Wilson Grooms. Guests also included writer

Brandon Sanderson Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy and science fiction. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the ''Mistborn'' series and ''The ...

, and publisher

Tom Doherty Tom Doherty (born April 23, 1935) is an American publisher and the founder of the science fiction and fantasy book publisher Tor Books. He started as a salesman for Pocket Books and rose to be Division Sales Manager. From there, he went to Simo ...

. Performances by The Lost Boys and Big City Burlesque rounded out the weekend. Over 250 people attended and over $3,000 were raised on behalf of the

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. Programming highlights included a recording of Robert Jordan dictating a portion of the prologue to The Gathering Storm.

Past conventions

JordanCon 2010 was held April 23–25 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia. Guests included writers Brandon Sanderson,

Jana Oliver Jana G. Oliver is an American author. Her books cross many genres, including romance/fantasy and historical mystery. An Iowa native, she currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Her ''Time Rovers Series'' is published by Dragon Moon Press Dragon Mo ...

and David Wong. Toastmaster for the weekend was Matthew Hatch. Attendance was approximately 300 people. JordanCon 2011 was held April 15–17 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia. The Guest of Honor was author

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. Toastmaster for the weekend was Richard Fife. Additional guests included

Eugie Foster Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor. Her stories were published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including '' Fantasy Magazine'', ''Realms of Fantasy'', ' ...

and Brandon Sanderson. JordanCon 2012 was held April 20–22 at the

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in Roswell, Georgia. The guests of honor include author

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, artist

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, and toastmaster Melissa Craib Dombrowski. They were joined by Eugie Foster, Emilie P. Bush and Dr. Michael Livingston. Attendance was approximately 250 people. JordanCon 2013 was held April 19–21 at the

in Roswell, Georgia and hosted

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51, an annual roving Southern US regional science fiction convention. The Guests of Honor were artist

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and author

Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in; born January 5, 1978 in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/ horror and the pseudon ...

. JordanCon 2014 was held April 11–13 at the

in Roswell, Georgia. The guests of honor were author Patrick Rothfuss and artist

Larry Elmore Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', ...

. Additional guests included Brandon Sanderson and Harriet McDougal. JordanCon 2015 was held April 17–19 at the Atlanta

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at Perimeter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The guests of honor were author

Saladin Ahmed Saladin Ahmed (born October 4, 1975) is an Eisner Award winning American comic book writer and a science fiction/fantasy poetry and prose writer. His 2012 book ''Throne of the Crescent Moon'' was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and w ...

and artist Todd Lockwood. JordanCon 2016 was held April 22–24 at the Atlanta

at Perimeter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The guests of honor were author

Catherine Asaro Catherine Ann Asaro (born November 6, 1955) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, singer and teacher. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire. Biography Catherine Asaro was bo ...

and artist John Picacio. Toastmaster was Linda Taglieri. JordanCon 2016 also played host to DeepSouthCon 54. The theme was Con of Valere. JordanCon 2017 was held April 21-23, 2017 at the Atlanta

at Perimeter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The guests of honor were author

Charles E. Gannon Charles E. Gannon is a novelist and game designer who has worked primarily on hard science-fiction and role-playing games. Career Charles Gannon wrote '' Hard Times'' (1991), a '' MegaTraveller'' book which pushed the background metaplot up b ...

and author Stephen Hickman. Toastmaster was Amanda Keen. The theme was Tel'aCon'Rhiod, the Con of Dreams. JordanCon 2018 was held April 20-22, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Crown Plaza Ravinia. The guests of honor were Jason Denzel and Stephanie Law. Toastmaster was Aubree Pham. The theme was SeanCon 2, The Return. JordanCon 2019 was held April 26-28, 2019 at the Crown Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta, GA. The guests of honor were

Brent Weeks Brent Weeks (born March 7, 1977) is an American fantasy writer. His debut novel, ''The Way of Shadows'', was a ''New York Times'' best seller in April 2009. Each of the five books in his Lightbringer Series made the NYT list as well, starting w ...

and

Dan dos Santos Daniel Dos Santos (born 1978) is an American speculative fiction artist whose work has appeared on book covers by publishers Tor, Bantam, Pyr, and many more, as well as a variety of magazine and comic covers and interiors. He has been nomina ...

. Toastmaster was Paul Bielaczyc. The theme was Shai'Con. JordanCon 2020 was planned for April 17-19, 2020. The Guests of honor were to be

Faith Hunter Gwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American author and blogger, writing in the Fantasy literature, fantasy and Thriller (genre), thriller genres. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre.Annie Stegg Gerard. The con was cancelled on March 15th, 2020 due to the

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pandemic. JordanCon 2021 was held July 16-18, 2021 at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia hotel. The Author Guest of Honor was

Marie Brennan Marie Brennan is the pseudonym of Bryn Neuenschwander, an American fantasy author. Her works include the ''Doppelganger'' duology ('' Doppelganger'' and its sequel '' Warrior and Witch'', respectively retitled ''Warrior'' and ''Witch'' on late ...

whose works include "Turning Darkness Into Light" and Hugo Award-nominated Victorian adventure series "The Memoirs of Lady Trent".

References

External links

JordanCon's official web site
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History

Founding

Past conventions

See also

References

External links