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ACFW members extend around the world. Look below to find a chapter near you. But if there's not a chapter near you, there is still a place to connect! To see a map of geographic zones and their Facebook links, click here. You can also search for members nearby by using the ACFW Membership Directory.
To see various local chapter events, please go to the News & Events page.
Questions about ACFW Local Chapters and Facebook Zone Groups can be directed to the Zone Coordinator, Linda Yezak, at zonecoord@acfw.com.
ACFW Beyond the Borders
Chapter: Beyond the Borders
Location: All countries outside the U.S. borders
Contact: Iola Goulton (Beyond the Borders)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACFWBeyondtheBorders/
Central
Chapter: ACFW MozArks
Location: Springfield, MO (meets the 3rd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Savanna Kaiser (ACFW MozArks)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/MozArksACFW
Chapter: ACFW Southcentral Kansas
Location: Southcentral Kansas (meets 2nd Thursday of the month)
Contact: Karissa Fisher (ACFW Southcentral Kansas)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Christian-Fiction-Writers-ACFW-South-Central-Kansas/114196658701066
Mid-Atlantic
Chapter: ACFW Virginia
Location: Woodbridge, VA (meets the 4th Saturday of the month, meets online the 2nd Thursday of the month)
Contact: Kelly Goshorn (ACFW Virginia)
Website: http://acfwvirginia.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACFWVirginia
Midwest
Chapter: ACFW Chicago
Location: Chicago, IL (meets the 2nd Friday of the month, Schaumburg Library)
Contact: Susan Miura (ACFW Chicago)
Website: http://www.acfwchicago.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/acfwchicago
Chapter: ACFW Great Lakes
Location: Michigan (meets the 1st Saturday of various months)
Contact: Catherine Brakefield (ACFW Great Lakes)
Website: http://greatlakeschapter.blogspot.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/527572863929168/
Chapter: ACFW Indiana
Location: Indiana (meets 4 times a year)
Contact: Linda Samaritoni (ACFW Indiana)
Website: http://hoosierink.blogspot.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/163824173771809/
Chapter: ACFW Minnesota (ACFW 2016 Chapter of the Year)
Location: Minneapolis, MN (meets the 4th Sunday of the month)
Contact: Michelle Aleckson (ACFW Minnesota)
Website: http://www.acfwminnesotanice.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ACFW.MN.NICE
Chapter: ACFW WI Southeast
Location: Wisconsin (meets the 1st Thursday of the month)
Contact: Susan Lindstrom (ACFW WI Southeast)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/wiseacfw
Northeast
Chapter: ACFW NY/NJ
Location: NY/NJ
Contact: Cherlyn Gatto (ACFW NY/NJ)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/955365637934907/
Northwest
Ohio Valley
Chapter: ACFW Knoxville
Location: Knoxville (Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month, Parkway Baptist Church)
Contact: Debra Jenkins (ACFW Knoxville)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/341397182924371/
Chapter: ACFW Louisville
Location: Louisville
Contact: Betty Owens (ACFW Louisville)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1876813595891979/
Chapter: ACFW Memphis
Location: Memphis (Meets 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:00am in Collierville, TN)
Contact: Lynn Watson (ACFW Memphis)
Website: https://facebook.com/groups/699561666820044/
Chapter: ACFW Mid-Tennessee
Location: mid-Tennessee (meets 1st Saturday of the month)
Contact: Shelia Stovall (ACFW Mid-Tennessee)
Website: http://www.ACFWMidtn.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/250177678658399/
Chapter: ACFW Ohio
Location: Ohio (meets 1st Saturday of the month)
Contact: Rebecca Waters (ACFW Ohio)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/220166801456380/
Rocky Mountains
Chapter: ACFW Colorado Springs
Location: Colorado Springs, CO (meets the 1st Saturday of the month)
Contact: Erin Kohler (ACFW Colorado Springs)
Website: http://acfwcosprings.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ACFWColoradoSprings/
Chapter: ACFW Dakotas
Location: North Dakota
Contact: Shannon McNear (ACFW Dakotas)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACFWDakotas/
Southeast
Chapter: ACFW Central Florida
Location: Longwood, FL (meets the 3rd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Nancy Schalm (ACFW Central Florida)
Website: http://cfacfw.org
Website: https://www.facebook.com/CFACFW
Chapter: ACFW North Carolina
Location: North Carolina (Raleigh)
Contact: Kyle Beale (North Carolina - Raleigh)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/336801510020700/
Chapter: ACFW North Georgia
Location: Atlanta, GA (meets the 4th Tuesday of the month)
Contact: Hope Welborn (ACFW North Georgia)
Website: http://www.acfwnga.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACFWNGA/
Chapter: ACFW Northwest Georgia
Location: Marietta, Ga (Meets the 2nd Tuesday night of the month)
Contact: Cindy K. Stewart (ACFW Northwest Georgia)
Website: https://acfwnorthwestga.blogspot.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2010432945933254
Chapter: ACFW South Carolina
Location: Anderson, SC (meets the 4th Saturday of the month)
Contact: Elva Martin (ACFW South Carolina)
Website: http://www.scwritersacfw.com
Chapter: ACFW South Carolina Low Country
Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC (meets the 4th Saturday of the month)
Contact: Sclowcountry@acfwchapter.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACFWSCLowCountry/
Southwest
Chapter: ACFW Alamo City
Location: San Antonio, TX (meets the 2nd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Jessica Alvarado (ACFW Alamo City)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/243114107289/
Chapter: ACFW Arkansas
Location: Searcy, Arkansas (meets the 2nd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Tonya Ashley (ACFW Arkansas)
Website: http://www.acfwarkansas.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/747738651928520/
Chapter: ACFW Central Texas
Location: Georgetown, TX (meets the 3rd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Teresa Lynn (ACFW Central Texas)
Website: http://www.centexacfw.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/116273691770/
Chapter: ACFW DFW (ACFW Chapter of the Year 2017, 2019)
Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (meets the 2nd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Stacy Simmons (ACFW DFW)
Website: http://dfwreadywriters.blogspot.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/DFWReadyWriters
Chapter: ACFW East Texas
Location: Longview, TX (Meets the third Saturday of the month)
Contact: Joy K. Massenburge (ACFW East Texas)
Chapter: ACFW Louisiana
Location: Bossier City, LA (meets the last Saturday of the month)
Contact: Carole Lehr Johnson (ACFW Louisiana)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ACFW-Louisiana/1525862364304046
Chapter: ACFW NW Arkansas
Location: Springdale, AR (meets the last Saturday of each month)
Contact: Robyn Hook (ACFW NW Arkansas)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/127662834752320/
Chapter: ACFW Oklahoma City
Location: Oklahoma City, OK (meets the 3rd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Kat Lewis (ACFW Oklahoma City)
Website: https://www.okchristianfictionwriters.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/okcchristianfictionwriters/
Chapter: ACFW The Woodlands
Location: The Woodlands, TX (meets the 2nd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Annette O'Hare (ACFW The Woodlands)
Website: http://www.wotsacfw.blogspot.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/122145464545775/
Specialty/On-Line Zone Chapters
Chapter: ACFW QIP Authors
Location: Facebook/online
Contact: Hallee Bridgeman
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACFWQIPAuthors/
West
Chapter: ACFW Arizona (2018 ACFW Chapter of the Year)
Location: Phoenix, AZ (meets the third Saturday of every month)
Contact: Ruth Douthitt (ACFW Arizona)
Website: http://www.christianwritersofthewest.com
Chapter: ACFW Orange County
Contact: Susan Beatty (ACFW Orange County)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/807923972648162/
Chapter: ACFW San Francisco Bay
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Meets the 3rd Saturday of every other month)
Contact: Beth Worcester (ACFW San Francisco Bay)
Website: http://www.acfwsfba.wordpress.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/335382853160341/