At the March 2018 MAP-RMMRA Conference held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the following prizes were announced:
Benton Travel Awards:
Elisabeth Oliver, CSU-Long Beach (MA student) - for presenting at MAP/RMMRA 2018
Jillian Sutton, CSU-Long Beach (MA student) - for presenting at Leeds 2018
Ben Wand, Portland State University (MA student) - for presenting at MAP/RMMRA 2018
Founders’ Prize:
Susan Schmidt, University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. candidate, Medieval Studies) for "So What is Medieval Dirt? Trash Disputes in Medieval Bologna"
William Green, University of British Columbia (Ph.D. candidate, Department of English) for "Aldhelm, Memory, and the Calendar"