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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.
Questions about ACFW Local Chapters and Facebook Zone Groups can be directed to the Zone Coordinator, Bruce Judisch, 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 in person)
Contact: Erin Mifflin (ACFW MozArks)
Website: https://www.acfwmozarks.com/
Chapter: ACFW St. Louis
Location: Festus, MO (2nd Saturday of each month)
Contact: Karen Sargent (ACFW St. Louis)
Mid-Atlantic
Chapter: ACFW Virginia
Location: Leesburg, VA (check website for meeting schedules of various clusters)
Contact: Deena Adams (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, Calvary Community Church, Schaumburg)
Contact: Lori Mulligan Davis (ACFW Chicago)
Website: https://chicagoacfw.org/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/acfwchicago
Chapter: ACFW Great Lakes
Location: Michigan (meets the 1st Saturday of various months)
Contact: Beth Foreman (ACFW Great Lakes)
Website: https://acfwgreatlakes.wordpress.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/527572863929168/
Chapter: ACFW Indiana
Location: Indiana (meets 6 times via Zoom, 2 times in-person)
Contact: Rebecca Reed (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: Lindsy Arrowood (ACFW Minnesota)
Website: https://www.acfwmnnice.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ACFW.MN.NICE
Chapter: ACFW WI Southeast
Location: Brookfield, Wisconsin (meets 4 times in person, and meets virtually 8 times)
Contact: Elizabeth Daghfal (ACFW WI Southeast)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/wiseacfw
Northeast
Chapter: ACFW NY/NJ
Location: NY/NJ (meets every other month)
Contact: Cherlyn Gatto (ACFW NY/NJ)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/955365637934907/
Ohio Valley
Chapter: ACFW Knoxville
Location: Knoxville (Meets virtually 2nd Tuesday of the month, 2 times in-person)
Contact: Mary Ostrander (ACFW Knoxville)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/341397182924371/
Chapter: ACFW Louisville
Location: Louisville, Lexington and Elizabethtown (Meets 4th Saturday or the month in-person & hybrid)
Contact: Janet Morris Grimes (ACFW Louisville)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1876813595891979/
Chapter: ACFW Memphis
Location: Memphis (Zoom meetings, in-person 3 times)
Contact: Shannon Leach (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 via Zoom)
Contact: Victor Hess (ACFW Ohio)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/220166801456380/
Rocky Mountains
Chapter: ACFW Colorado Springs (ACFW Chapter of the Year, 2024)
Location: Colorado Springs, CO (meets the 1st Saturday of the month)
Contact: Kimberley Woodhouse (ACFW Colorado Springs)
Website: http://acfwcosprings.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ACFWColoradoSprings/
Southeast
Chapter: ACFW Alabama
Location: Huntsville, Alabama (meets 2nd Tuesday of the month on-line, twice a year in person)
Contact: Jenny Erlingsson (ACFW Alabama)
Website: www.facebook.com/groups/acfwalabama/
Chapter: ACFW Central Florida (ACFW Chapter of the Year, 2023)
Location: Longwood, FL (meets virtually the 3rd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Kelly Underwood (ACFW Central Florida)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/CFACFW
Chapter: ACFW Charlotte
Location: Charlotte, NC (meets 3rd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Dianne Miley (ACFW Charlotte)
Website: Coming Soon
Chapter: ACFW Georgia
Location: Acworth, GA (meets virtually 2nd Tuesday of the month, in-person in July)
Contact: Janette Melson (ACFW Georgia)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/acfwga
Chapter: ACFW South Carolina Lowcountry
Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC (meets the 4th Saturday of the month)
Contact: Laurie Larsen (ACFW South Carolina Lowcountry)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACFWSCLowCountry/
Chapter: ACFW Upstate South Carolina
Location: Greer, SC (meets the 2nd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Isabella Skellenger (ACFW Upstate South Carolina)
Website: http://www.acfwupstatesc.com/
Southwest
Chapter: ACFW DFW (ACFW Chapter of the Year 2017, 2019)
Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (meets the 2nd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Paula Peckham (ACFW DFW)
Website: https://acfwdfwtx.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/DFWReadyWriters
Chapter: ACFW Louisiana
Location: Bossier City, LA (meets the last Saturday of the month)
Contact: Charles Sutherland (ACFW Louisiana)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ACFW-Louisiana/1525862364304046
Chapter: ACFW NW Arkansas
Location: Springdale, AR (meets the first Monday of every month at 5:30pm)
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 in-person)
Contact: Kristy Werner (ACFW Oklahoma City)
Website: https://www.okchristianfictionwriters.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/okchristianfictionwriters/
Chapter: ACFW The Woodlands
Location: The Woodlands, TX (meets the 3rd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Linda Kozar (ACFW The Woodlands)
Website: http://www.wotsacfw.blogspot.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/122145464545775/
Specialty/On-Line Zone Chapters
Chapter: ACFW Kid-Lit (Children's authors)
Location: Online
Contact: Bettie Boswell
Website: www.acfwkidlit.com
Website: www.facebook.com/groups/acfwkidlit/
West
Chapter: ACFW Arizona (2018 ACFW Chapter of the Year)
Location: Phoenix, AZ (meets the 2nd Saturday of every month)
Contact: Jennifer Cary (ACFW Arizona)
Website: http://www.christianwritersofthewest.com
Chapter: ACFW California
Location: Southern California (Online meetings 1st Thursday of the month)
Contact: Jennifer Hendricks (ACFW California)
Website: Coming Soon