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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: Erin Miffin (ACFW MozArks)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/MozArksACFW
Chapter: ACFW St. Louis
Location: Festus, MO
Contact: Karen Sargent (ACFW St. Louis)
Mid-Atlantic
Chapter: ACFW Virginia
Location: Leesburg, VA (meets the 1st Saturday of the month, plus monthly webinar)
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: Candace Yamnitz (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: Greta Picklesimer (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: https://www.acfwmnnice.com/
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ACFW.MN.NICE
Chapter: ACFW WI Southeast
Location: Wisconsin (meets the 1st Thursday of the month)
Contact: Laura DeNooyer Moore (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/
Ohio Valley
Chapter: ACFW Knoxville
Location: Knoxville (Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month, Parkway Baptist Church)
Contact: Jenny Lynn Keller (ACFW Knoxville)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/341397182924371/
Chapter: ACFW Louisville
Location: Louisville
Contact: Karen Richardson (ACFW Louisville)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1876813595891979/
Chapter: ACFW Memphis
Location: Memphis (Meets 1st Saturday of the month at 10:15 at the M.R. DAVIS library in Southaven, MS (and through Zoom for each meeting)
Contact: Jessica Patch (ACFW Memphis)
Website: https://facebook.com/groups/699561666820044/
Chapter: ACFW Mid-Tennessee
Location: mid-Tennessee (meets 1st Saturday of the month)
Contact: Suzie Waltner (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: Betty Boswell (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: Susan G. Mathis (ACFW Colorado Springs)
Website: http://acfwcosprings.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ACFWColoradoSprings/
Chapter: ACFW Dakotas
Location: North Dakota
Contact: Jan Drexler (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: Dorothy Mays (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 Georgia
Location: Ackworth, GA
Contact: Janette Melson (ACFW Georgia)
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, South Carolina
Contact: Christine Boatwright (ACFW Upstate South Carolina)
Website: http://www.acfwupstatesc.com/
Southwest
Chapter: ACFW Alamo City
Location: San Antonio, TX (meets the 2nd Saturday of the month)
Contact: Allison Pittman (ACFW Alamo City)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/243114107289/
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: Carole Lehr Johnson (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)
Contact: Chris Tarpley (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: 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 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: Pamela Tracy (ACFW Arizona)
Website: http://www.christianwritersofthewest.com
Chapter: ACFW Orange County
Location: Tustin, CA (Currently meeting at Mimi's Cafe, 17231 E. 17th St., 2nd Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
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/