PLEASE NOTE: Mystery Writers of America is currently re-evaluating its list of publishers. As more publishers are reviewed and approved, they will be added. Approved publishers meet MWA’s professional standards of good business practice and fair treatment of authors. The books published by the publishers on this list currently qualify for submission for Edgar Award consideration and applications for Active Status membership. However, this list should not be considered a blanket endorsement or recommendation of any particular publisher.  You should never sign any contract with a publisher without the advice of an agent or a lawyer.

• The list is under constant review and subject to change. To be sure of the current status of a publisher, please contact the National Office.
• Please note that only the publisher may request to be vetted.
• You should also carefully read this page of the website to familiarize yourself with the requirements for Active Status membership.
• If you believe that an Approved publisher is violating MWA standards, please contact the National Office, or submit a form here. Your report will be kept confidential.

Last revision date:  February 2, 2023

PUBLISHING COMPANIES APPROVED TO DATE BY MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

(Other publishers will be added as they are vetted and approved.)

1. Abrams Books
2. Academy Chicago Publishing/Chicago Review Press
3. Adventure Publications
4. Akashic Books
5. Albert Whitman & Company
6. Algonquin Books
7. Alyson (for books published prior to 10/1/10)
8. Amazon Publishing (for the following imprints only:  AmazonChildren, AmazonCrossing, AmazonEncore, Amazon Original Stories, Audible Originals, Avalon, 47North, Kindle Press, Lake Union, Little A, Montlake Romance, New Harvest, StoryFront and Thomas & Mercer)
9. Amberjack Publishing
10. Amber Quill Press LLC (e-books only) (Out of business)
11. American Girl Publishing
12. Angry Robot Books, including Exhibit A
13. Arbutus Press
14. Arte Publico Press – University of Houston
15. Artemisia Publishing
16. A.S.A.P. Publishing
17. Astor + Blue Editions
18. B&H Publishing
19. Baker Publishing Group (including Bethany House Publishers and Revell)
20. Barbour Publishing
21. Barking Rain Press (Out of business)
22. Barricade Books
23. Bella Books, including Rising Tide
24. Bella Rosa Books
25. BelleBooks/BelleBridge Books
26. Berry Content
27. Bitter Lemon Press
28. Black Opal Books
29. Blackstone Audio
30. John F. Blair
31. Bloomsbury Publishing USA (all imprints)
32. BluewaterPress LLC
33. Bold Strokes Books
34. Bookouture
35. Brash Books
36. Brilliance Audio Books
37. Bywater Books including Amble Press
38. Candlewick Press
39. Capstone Press (including Capstone Young Readers, Compass Point Books, Heinemann-Raintree, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books and Switch Press)
40. Charade Media (formerly Seven Realms Publishing)
41. ChiZine Publications
42. Chronicle Books
43. Cinco Puntos Press
44. Cleis Press (no e-books)
45. Coffee House Press
46. Columbia University Press
47. Cornell University Press
48. Counterpoint Press, including Shoemaker & Hoard and Soft Skull Press
49. Crippin and Landru
50. Crooked Lane Books
51. Crossroad Press (e-books only)
52. Crum Creek Press
53. Dark Horse Books
54. Deadly Niche Press (e-books only)
55. Diversion Books – Under Review
56. Douglas & McIntyre
57. Dover Publications (reprints only)
58. Down and Out Books (including ABC Documentation, All Due Respect, New Wave Crime, Shotgun Honey)
59. Down East Books
60. Down the Shore Publishing
61. Dreamspinner Press (including DSP Publications & Harmony Ink)
62. Dundurn Press, including Castle Street Mysteries
63. DX Varos Publishing
64. ECW Press
65. Egmont USA (see Lerner Publishing)
66. Encircle Publications
67. Entangled Publishing (e-books only)
68. Epicenter Press (parent of Coffeetown & Camel Press)
69. Europa Editions
70. Evernight Publishing (e-books only)
71. F&W Publications (all imprints)
72. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (all imprints)
73. Felony & Mayhem
74. Five Star (subsidiary of Cengage)
75. Flame Tree Publishing
76. Gemma Halliday Books
77. Globe Pequot (all imprints)
78. Greenwood Press (including Praeger)
79. Grove Atlantic (all imprints)
80. Hachette Book Group (all imprints)
81. Hal Leonard Group
82. Harbour Publishing
83. Hard Case Crime
84. Harlequin (all imprints)
85. HarperCollins Publishers (all imprints)
86. Harvest House
87. Henery Press – Under Review
88. Henry Holt & Co.
89. History Press (no e-books)
90. Holiday House (including Pixel+Ink)
91. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (all imprints)
92. House of Anansi
93. Hyperion Books
94. IG Publishing
95. Ingalls Publishing Group
96. Intrigue Press
97. Islandport Books
98. Johns Hopkins University Press
99. JournalStone Publishing
100. Justin, Charles & Co.
101. Kane Press
102. Kensington Publishing – all imprints (for both print and e-books)
103. Kent State University Press
104. Kunati Books (Out of Business)
105. L&L Dreamspell (e-books only) (Out of Business)
106. Lerner Publishing
107. Level Best Books
108. Linden Publishing
109. Llewellyn Worldwide and all divisions (including Flux and Midnight Ink)
110. Louisiana State University Press
111. MacAdam/Cage Publishing (Out of Business)
112. MacMillan Publishers (all imprints)
113. Manic D Press
114. Marion Street Press
115. McFarland & Co.
116. Medallion Press
117. Melange Books
118. Melville House
119. MLR Press (e-books only) (out of business)
120. Mobius Books (formerly Quercus USA)
121. MX Publishing Ltd
122. Mysterious Press
123. Napoleon & Company (including RendezVous Crime)
124. New Horizon Press Books
125. NewSouth Books
126. Nimbus Publishing
127. Oceanview Publishing
128. Ohio University Press
129. Open Road Integrated Media
130. Orca Book Publishers
131. Orion Books
132. The Overlook Press
133. Overmountain Press, including Silver Dagger
134. Oxford University Press
135. Peachtree Publishers
136. Pegasus Books (New York, NY)
137. Penguin Random House (all imprints)
138. Perfect Crime Books
139. Perseverance Press, including John Daniel
140. Permanent Press
141. Perseus Books Group
142. Piatkus Books
143. Pleasure Boat Studio
144. Plexus Publishing
145. PM Press
146. Poisoned Pen Press
147. Polis Books
148. Post Mortem Press
149. Potomac Books
150. Princeton University Press
151. Prometheus Books
152. Prospect Park Books
153. Quirk Books
154. Rare Bird Books
155. Red Hen Press
156. Routledge
157. Rutgers University Press
158. Scarlet Publishing
159. Scholastic Press (all imprints)
160. Secret Staircase Books
161. Serpent’s Tail
162. Severn House
163. Severn River Publishing
164. Simon & Schuster (all imprints)
165. Skyhorse Publishing (all imprints)
166. Small Beer Press
167. Smart Pop
168. Soho Press
169. Sophia Institute
170. Soul Mate Publishing (e-books only)
171. Sourcebooks (all imprints)
172. Southeast Missouri State University Press
173. St. Martin’s Press (all imprints)
174. Stairway Press
175. Start Publishing (Seventh Street Books)
176. Stanford University Press
177. Stark House Press
178. Steerforth Press
179. The Story Plant
180. Syracuse University Press
181. Taylor & Francis/Routledge
182. Text Publishing
183. The Toby Press
184. Thorndike Press
185. Three Rooms Press
186. Tin House
187. Titan Books
188. Tor/Forge Books
189. Torrey House Press
190. TouchPoint Press
191. Tule Publishing Group
192. Turner Publishing
193. Twilight Times Books
194. Tyndale Publishing
195. Union Square and Company (formerly Sterling Publishing)
196. University of Arizona Press
197. University of Chicago Press
198. University of Iowa Press
199. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
200. University of Massachusetts Press
201. University of Minnesota Press
202. University of Nebraska Press
203. University of New Mexico Press
204. University of North Carolina Press
205. University of Oklahoma Press
206. University of Pittsburgh Press
207. University Press of Florida
208. University Press of Kentucky
209. University Press of New England
210. University of Wisconsin Press
211. Watermark Publishing (Books Hawaii)
212. West Virginia University Press
213. Wildside Press (including Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine)
214. Wiley & Sons (all imprints)
215. Wings Press
216. W.W. Norton (including The Countryman Press)
217. Workman Publishing
218. YMAA Publications
219. Zondervan

POLICY ON UNIVERSITY PRESSES: Any university press that is a member (at any level) of the Association of University Presses is automatically approved; all other academic presses must be reviewed.

APPROVED PERIODICAL/WEBZINE PUBLISHING COMPANIES APPROVED TO DATE BY MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

1. American Way Magazine
2. Antioch Review
3. Back Alley Webzine (Out of Business)
4. Big Click Webzine
5. Big Pulp Magazine
6. Cemetery Dance Publications
7. City Journal
8. CriminalElement.com
9. Dell Magazines, including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen Magazine
10. First Line Magazine
11. Forensic Examiner
12. Missouri Review
13. Mystery Magazine (formerly Mystery Weekly)
14. Mystery Scene Magazine
15. Mystery Tribune
16. Necrotic Tissue (Out of Business)
17. Paradox Magazine (Out of Business)
18. Rock and a Hard Place Magazine
19. Sniplits (Out of business)
20. Spinetingler Magazine (see Down & Out Books)
21. Strand Magazine
22. The Saturday Evening Post
23. Tough Blogazine
24. Virginia Quarterly Review
25. Woman’s World Magazine