Johnson won the 2015 Vignette Collection Award from the Vine Leaves Literary Journal for her book, The Crimes of Clara Turlington.[20][21] The prize came with the publication of her book and a cash reward.[3][4] Her book, Inappropriate Sleepover, was also nominated for the National Poetry Review Press's Rousseau Prize for Literature.[22] Her poem, "Free Samples" was nominated for "Best of the Net" in 2010.[6][23]