I'm pleased to announce that my FLGS, Atomic Empire, will be holding a Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament, the Imperiad. This will be the 40K counterpart to Brawler Bash, which I reported on last year. It's grown large enough that Fantasy and 40K can't be run at the same time. It will be a 5 game tournament with three games played on July 26 and two games on July 27. Games will be 1,850 points with a three hour time limit.
Everything hasn't been worked out just yet, but the idea is to allow all of the current codices and supplemental codices. No Forgeworld units, Lords of War, data slates, or formations will be allowed.
I'll post up additional information as I get it. If you're with driving distance of North Carolina, we'd love to see you there. I can promise the tournament will be well run and will have excellent terrain. For the moment, you can find discussion about the GT here.