Editorial Freelancers Association

Chapter: Chicagoland

About the Chicagoland Chapter

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Hello Chicagoland!

Our regular monthly meetings are held online the fourth Wednesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. Central Time. The November and December meetings are combined into a single meeting due to the holidays.

Meetings are open to EFA members in good standing, guests of members, or those with a guest membership—but registration is both required and limited.

Hyperlocal meetups and events are held in person throughout the year. If you’re interested in being an organizer of or attending a meetup in your neighborhood, suburb, or city, check out scheduled meetups below or email us to find out more.

We look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,

Kandy Hopkins, Amy Spungen, and Susan Barnes
EFA Chicagoland Chapter Co-coordinators

JOIN US

Want to join the Chicagoland Chapter? It’s easy! And you don’t have to live in Illinois; we have members from across North America. To join, either sign up for our e-newsletter via the archive (and read past issues) or email us to let us know you want to be added to our mailing list.

SAVE THE DATE(S)

Future meeting dates and times:

SEP 9 & 10 | in person [booth] | Printers Row Lit Fest
Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 9 & 10, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. CT [Volunteer for our booth!]
SEP 28 | online | Getting Editorial Work From Book Publishers, with Jennifer Lawler [presented with the WI and MI chapters]
Thursday, Sept. 28, 5–6 p.m. CT [register here]
SEP 30 | in person | N Side Chicago meetup in Lincoln Park
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1–2:30 p.m. CT [RSVP for details]
OCT 25 | online | How to Start a Podcast (and why it’s good for business), with Tara Whitaker
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 5:30–7 p.m. CT [registration starts Oct. 1]

Do you have a suggestion for a speaker or topic? Let us know!

See more events on the Media Types Omnicalendar, which lists nationwide media- and publishing-related conferences, webinars, and other events of interest to self-employed editorial freelancers. You can also follow EFA Chicagoland on Eventbrite.

Note: Inclusion of non-EFA events on the public calendar does not denote endorsement by the EFA or the Chicagoland Chapter. Events are collected from many sources; any errors or omissions are purely accidental.

Past events:

2023

AUG | in person | N Side Chicago meetup in Lincoln Park
JUL | in person | N Side Chicago meetup in Lincoln Park
JUL | online | Antisemitism in Fiction & Fantasy: Help Clients Avoid Unintentional Harm
JUN | in person | N Side Chicago Meetup in Lincoln Park
MAY | in person | N Side Chicago Meetup in Lincoln Park
MAY | in person | N & NW Suburbs Meetup in Evanston
MAY | online | Networking and General Discussion
APR | in person | N Side Chicago Meetup in Lakeview
APR | in person | W & S Sides Chicago Meetup in the South Loop
MAR | online | Networking and General Discussion
MAR | in person | N Side Chicago Meetup in Lakeview
MAR | in person | N & NW Suburbs Meetup in Highland Park
FEB | in person | N Side Chicago Meetup in Lakeview
FEB | online | The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Indexing as a Freelancer
JAN | online | Editors as Writers: How Blogs and Books Fit into a Freelance Editing Business