Laura Johnson

Laura Johnson is a poet and writer in Eastern Iowa who is a founding co-editor of the online literary journal Backchannels. She is an MFA candidate at the University of New Orleans and is a graduate of the University of Iowa. Laura is the facilitator for the Cedar Rapids Writers’ Workshop and Magical Writers’ Night, as well as a prize-winning slam poet. Her work has appeared in Thimble Literary Magazine, Prompt Press, High Shelf Press, and The Chestnut Review, among others. She was nominated for Best of the Net in 2019.