Atlantic Center for the Arts, 3-Week Residency (2010)
Writers' League of Texas, 2009 Book Award Finalist
Best New Poets 2007 ("One of those questions")
Michigan Quarterly Review, 2006 L. Goldstein Poetry Prize
Poetry Daily (7/12/08, 12/20/06)
The Writer's Almanac (11/16/09, 10/28/08)
Pushcart Prize Nominations (2008, 2007, 2002)
Barbara Deming Fund, 2004 Individual Artist Grant
AWP, 2002 Writers’ Conference Scholarship
Indiana Review, Literal Latté, Atlanta Review, Finalist, Poetry Contests
Christine Rhein grew up in Detroit and nearby Sterling Heights. She has a degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University and worked for fifteen years in the automotive industry before becoming a stay-at-home mother. She began studying and writing poetry in 1997, and shortly thereafter was fortunate to discover the workshops and camaraderie of Springfed Arts - Metro Detroit Writers. Christine lives in Brighton, Michigan, twenty miles north of Ann Arbor, with her husband and their two sons.
Read Christine's work online via these links:
The Writer's Almanac: "Tuning"
Michigan Quarterly Review: