Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium

The Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium (KWHSS) is an annual interkingdom SCA event for the purpose of promoting heraldic and scribal education and research in the SCA.

The 2016 Symposium was held in the Kingdom of Artemisia in the Barony of Loch Salann (Salt Lake City, UT) on the weekend of 29 April through 1 May, 2016. The 2017 Symposium will be held in the Kingdom of Meridies, hosted by the Shire of Nant‑Y‑Derwyddon (Tri-Cities, TN) with the gracious assistance of the Barony of Thor's Mountain (Knoxville, TN) on the weekend of June 23-25, 2017.

There is a questions and answers webpage which provides additional information about KWHSS. For those who wish to bid on and hold a KWHSS, there is another web page which gives tips and information on doing so, and yet another web page which gives historical information on gate fees, attendance, etc.

Each year, a Proceedings is published, containing articles on diverse subjects related to SCA Heraldic and Scribal Arts.

KWHSS Online Proceedings

KWHSS Proceedings Index

David Appleton (Da'ud ibn Auda) has produced an index to all the Symposium Proceedings through 2012. It is presented here as a set of four documents: