Christina Fonthes (pronounced Fon-tez)  is a Congolese-British writer whose work delves into themes of womanhood, migration, and belonging. Her writing has appeared in esteemed journals and anthologies around the world.

She is the founder of REWRITE, a global creative writing organisation for Black women and women of colour, through which she champions underrepresented voices and builds inclusive literary communities. In 2021, Christina was awarded the prestigious Royal Society of Literature’s Sky Arts Writers Award and was mentored by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo and Irenosen Okojie MBE FRSL.

Christina has completed artist residencies with the Royal Exchange Theatre, HOME Manchester, and Community Arts North West. In 2015, she was runner-up in the Superheroes of Slam Manchester heat, and in 2017, she was longlisted for the OutSpoken London Page Poetry Prize. Her writing has been featured in Ake Review (2016) and several anthologies, including Sista!: An Anthology of Writings by Same Gender Loving Women (Team Angelica, 2017), Filigree (Peepal Tree Press, 2018), and Too Young, Too Black, Too Different: Twenty Years of British Poetry from Malika’s Poetry Kitchen (Corsair, 2021).

An interdisciplinary artist, Christina also creates short films, poetry films, and digital portraits, which have been showcased at festivals across the UK, Germany, and New York.

Based in London, Christina coaches writers, runs creative writing workshops, and hosts international retreats in Costa Rica, Thailand, Portugal, Indonesia, and the UK. 

Her debut novel, WHERE YOU GO, I WILL GO, a powerful story of love, memory, and resistance across generations and borders, was published by Tinder Press (Hachette) in May 2025.