Johnson won the 2015 Vignette Collection Award from the Vine Leaves Literary Journal for her book, The Crimes of Clara Turlington. The prize came with the publication of her book and a cash reward.[1][10] Her book, Inappropriate Sleepover, was also nominated for the National Poetry Review Press's Rousseau Prize for Literature.[19] Her poem, "Free Samples" was nominated for "Best of the Net" in 2010.[5][20]