In the summer of 1997 McCormick took the Grand Prize in the MIXX Magazine Indie Band Contest, a rock performance competition which reviewed hundreds of bands nationwide, where she was joined on stage by bassist Graham Maby. McCormick was also selected to showcase at the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, sponsored by the National Academy of Popular Music. Other honors include a Fellowship Award in Music from the Vermont State Arts Council, recognition in the Billboard Songwriters Contest, and an invitation to appear at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival New Artist's Showcase in 1997.

Performing Songwriter Magazine chose McCormick's single "Gravitate" for their Best of the Year CD, and Boston's New England Performer Magazine describes McCormick as "...an absolute genius. She is funny, sexy, smart, literate, sardonic, witty, and sings with all the power of a rock diva."

Of her own work, McCormick states, "Honesty, inquisitiveness, and a sense of humor are primary tools in my work as a performing songwriter. Subjects exist everywhere: in the news, in memories, in overheard conversations. With language, melody and rhythm, I assemble sketches of our tiny inch of history--these 1990s, with their unique spin on love and sex, science and culture, heroes and hope."