Kelly Lockhart is a familiar face to conventions, having been involved with them for nearly twenty years. Among his many fan activities, he founded and still maintains the popular Southern Fandom Resource Guide convention calendar website, has served on the board of s! everal conventions over the years running everything from Art Shows to Masquerades to Computer Gaming rooms, was the co-founder of the Charlotte 2004 WorldCon bid, is part of a multiple award-winning Chattanooga-based costuming group, and for the past fifteen years has overseen the popular Robot Battles^TM competitions across the country. He is also a professional MC and has hosted more conventions events than even he can remember.

But there is more to Kelly than just fandom. In the "Real World" he’s a feature writer for the The Chattanooga Pulse, his hometown weekly alternative newspaper, has been writing commercial advertising copy for over twenty years (yeah, he's one of THOSE writers), is one of most popular radio personalities in Chattanooga, and is the lead singer for the popular 70’s style rock band Moccasin Bend, which was named after a local mental hospital. Those that know Kelly well find this strangely appropriate. He'! s even President of his Neighborhood Association, which should also tell you something about his neighbors.

He would like to add that he is enslaved by three cats, has a tendency to dress rather strangely during conventions (the Green Fairy was a one-time deal, thankfully), doesn't sleep a lot, enjoys telling bad jokes and long stories, oversees the oldest-running blog in Chattanooga and one of the city's most active online message forums, has fun attempting to play golf when he has the time, and is always looking to meet new people.