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. The list is under constant review and subject to change. To be sure of the current status of a publisher, or to ask about adding a publisher to our list, please contact the National Office. You should also carefully read the "join" page of the website to familiarize yourself with the requirements for Active Status membership. Last revision date: May 8, 2013
PUBLISHING COMPANIES APPROVED TO DATE BY MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE (Other publishers will be added as they are vetted and approved.)
- Academy Chicago Publishing
- Akashic Books
- Alaska Northwest Books
- Algonquin Books
- Alyson (for books published prior to 10/1/10)
- Amazon Publishing (for the following imprints only: AmazonCrossing, AmazonEncore, 47North, Montlake Romance, and Thomas & Mercer)
- American Bar Association Book Publishing
- Arbutus Press
- Avalon Books
- Avocet Press
- B&H Publishing
- Baker Publishing Group (including Bethany House Publishers and Revell)
- Barbour Publishing
- Barricade Books
- Bella Books, including Rising Tide
- Bella Rosa Books
- BelleBooks
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Bleak House Books
- Bloomsbury Publishing, including Walker Publishing, USA
- Bold Strokes Books
- Brilliance Audio Books
- Busted Flush Press
- Bywater Books including Bloody Brits Press
- Candlewick Press
- Carroll & Graf
- Chicago Review Press
- ChiZine Publications
- Chronicle Books
- Cleis Press (no e-books)
- Coffee House Press
- Counterpoint Press, including Shoemaker & Hoard and Soft Skull Press
- Crum Creek Press
- Deadly Niche Press (e-books only)
- Down East Books
- Down the Shore Publishing
- Dundurn Group, including Castle Street Mysteries
- ECW Press
- Egmont USA
- Europa Editions
- Evernight Publishing (e-books only)
- F&W Publications (all imprints)
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (all imprints)
- Felony & Mayhem
- Five Star (subsidiary of Cengage)
- Foul Play Press
- Globe Pequot
- Greenwood Press (including Praeger)
- Grove Atlantic (all imprints)
- Hachette Book Group (all imprints)
- Hard Case Crime
- Harlequin (all imprints)
- HarperCollins (all imprints)
- Harvest House
- Haworth Press
- HeartQuest (Tyndale House)
- Henry Holt & Co.
- History Press (no e-books)
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (all imprints)
- Hyperion
- IG Publishing
- Ingalls Publishing Group
- Intrigue Press
- Justin, Charles & Co.
- Kane Press
- Kensington Publishing - all imprints (for both print and e-books)
- Kent State University Press
- Kunati Books (Out of Business)
- L&L Dreamspell (e-books only)
- Level Best Books (short stories only)
- Linden Publishing
- Llewellyn Worldwide and all divisions (including Flux and Midnight Ink)
- MacAdam/Cage Publishing
- MacMillan (all imprints)
- Marietta Publishing
- Marion Street Press
- McBook Press
- McFarland & Co.
- Medallion Press
- MLR Press (e-books only)
- Napoleon & Company, including RendezVous Crime
- New Horizon Press Books
- NewSouth Books
- Oceanview Publishing
- Orion Books
- The Overlook Press
- Overmountain Press, including Silver Dagger
- Oxford University Press
- Peachtree Publishers
- Pegasus Books
- The Penguin Group (all imprints)
- Perseverance Press, including John Daniel
- Permanent Press
- Pegasus Books (New York, NY)
- Perseus Books Group, including Vanguard Press and Weinstein Books
- Piatkus Books
- Pleasant Company, including American Girl Books
- Pleasure Boat Studio
- PM Press
- Poisoned Pen Press
- Potomac Books
- Princeton University Press
- Quirk Books
- Random House (all imprints)
- Red Hen Press
- Scholastic Press (all imprints)
- Serpent's Tail
- Seven Realms Publishing (for both print and e-books)
- Seventh Street Books
- Severn House
- Simon & Schuster (all imprints)
- Skyhorse Publishing (all imprints)
- Small Beer Press
- Smart Pop
- Soho Press
- Sophia Institute
- Southeast Missouri State University Press
- St. Martin's Press (all imprints)
- Stairway Press
- Steerforth Press
- Sterling Publishing, including Metro Books
- Stone Arch Books
- The Toby Press
- Thorndike Press
- Tor/Forge Books
- Twilight Times Books
- University of Minnesota Press
- University of New Mexico Press
- University Press of New England
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Watermark Publishing (Books Hawaii)
- Wiley & Sons, all imprints
- W.W. Norton (including The Countryman Press)
- YMAA Publications
- Zondervan
POLICY ON UNIVERSITY PRESSES: Major state or private universities are to be approved; minor or relatively unknown schools must be reviewed.
APPROVED PERIODICAL/WEBZINE PUBLISHING COMPANIES APPROVED TO DATE BY MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
- American Way Magazine
- Antioch Review
- Back Alley Webzine (Out of Business)
- Big Pulp Magazine
- Cemetery Dance Publications
- City Journal
- Dell Magazines, including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen Magazine
- First Line Magazine
- Forensic Examiner
- Missouri Review
- Mystery Scene Magazine
- Necrotic Tissue (Out of Business)
- Paradox Magazine (Out of Business)
- Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine
- Sniplits
- Spinetingler Magazine
- Strand Magazine
- Virginia Quarterly Review
- Woman’s World Magazine
