In the Trees, Honey Bees! Recipient of Disney's Internet Group iParenting Media Awards for Outstanding Product, August, 2009.

In the Trees, Honey Bees! Recipient of the National IWLA Book of the Year Awards, 2009.

Rebus of the Year - "Hands," Highlights, December 2006.

First Place Winner - "Confessions from the Gene Pool," Byline's Advice for Beginning Writers Contest, 2003.

"Goose Feathers" - Published in the billionth issue of Highlights for Children, August 2006. A special gold-embossed commemorative issue along with the first 1946 issue of Highlights, is now part of a permanent collection at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

"Writing Rhyming Nonfiction Picture Books," transcript of Lori Mortensen's interview with ICL moderator Jan Fields, March 4-6, 2009.

"Lori Mortensen Answers Three Questions," by Anastasia Suen at Anastasia Suen's Blog. Children's Book Biz News, January 10, 2008.

"Author Honored by National Magazine," Mountain Democrat, July 2007.