Awards and Honors
My Award Is Not Listed, What Do I Do?
If your award was not given by the King and/or Queen or one of
the Princes and/or Princesses (Mists, Cynagua, Oertha),
it will not be listed in the official Kingdom Award Lists. The only exceptions to this are
Awards of Arms granted by the Baron and Baroness of the Far West.
Check with your local herald to see if he or she is keeping track of
your award.
The question to ask is "How long ago was your award granted?"
There are several reasons this is an important question, and here are the
solutions:
- The award was given in the last month or two and has not
yet appeared in the Award List.
Wait a little longer.
Yes, it is
a cool thing to see your new award listed on the awards list, there's no
doubt about that, and it's understandable that you might be anxious that
it's not there yet.You have to remember, however, that the SCA officers
are volunteers, and they do their "jobs" in their spare time,
when they're not working, and having other life. So, have a bit of patience.
- The award was given in the last nine months, the herald
may not have sent the award list in yet, the award list got lost,
or some other problem may have occurred.
If it's been more than three months and the award has not
made it into the award list, you may want to consider the following:
- Find out who the herald was for the court when your award was given.
- Ask them if they sent the award list in to the Golem Herald.
- If the list was not submitted, ask them to do it, because if the awards that were given are not
published in the Award List, they are not official by law.
- Follow up a month later ... If it does not appear that they are getting
the list in, you may want to talk to the Royalty, but don't do that
unless you're very sure (in other words, don't pester the Royalty ...).
OR
Download the 'Award Missing' form, and follow the instructions given
on the first page ... you can download and/or print this by clicking here:
Award Missing Form
- The award was given more than nine months ago, and it hasn't been
published in the Award List: by Kingdom Law it's not an official award.
Contact the current Royalty (if the award was given by
the Prince and Princess, contact the current Prince and Princess of the same
Principality, if the King and Queen, contact the current King and Queen), and
explain the situation. Ask them to reaffirm the award in court
(that means it should be sent to the Golem Herald). This
is the proper procedure, by the laws of the West Kingdom, and should be followed.
For more information about Reaffirmations see: Award Reaffirmation.
OR
Download the 'Award Missing' form, and follow the instructions given
on the first page ... you can download and/or print this by clicking here:
Award Missing Form
