Awards for things (Was: Award Time)

[Lisa A. May]

On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, I. Marc Carlson wrote:

> Just out of curiousity, have you ever *seen* anyone receive an award for
> authenticity?  How about research?  Certainly I've seen them given out
> for *applying* any reasearch they did, say in prettily embroidered costuming
> (and I'm not criticizing that at all), but when was the last time a
> research document *won* anything at an A&S competition?  A Sable Sphincter
> was given out for *Authentic* clothing?
> 
Granted, this was in the East Kingdom, but we gave the East Kingdom Order 
of High Merit in the Arts & Sciences (the Maunche) to a gentleman named 
Galleron de Cressy for his work in research, specifically in researching 
period tourney forms.

I also know of at least one Laurel and one Iris in Ansteorra given for 
research.  These gentles are the ones the other Laurels often call for 
information.

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Countess Margaret ny Connor  *  Lisa A. May               *
Barony of Bonwicke           *  Texas Tech School of Law  *
Kingdom of Ansteorra         *  Lubbock, TX               *
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