Kristen has won and been nominated for national and international awards for writing and business.
- 2013 Bronze Winner of Ali Brown’s Entrepreneur to Watch Contest
- 2012 Readers’ Favorite Book Award – Best Nonfiction – Grief
- 2012 SWIBA Award winner – Author of the Year
- 2012 Royal Dragonfly Book Award winner for The Best Worst Thing
- 2011 Stevie Awards for Business – Executive of the Year
- 2010 Stevie Awards For Business – Best New Product
- 2010 Women in Business Awards – Website of the Year (co-nominated with website designer Margaret Diggins of Sixth Street Studios
- 2010 Women in Business Awards – Best Entrepreneur