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:  April 3, 2025

PUBLISHING COMPANIES APPROVED TO DATE BY MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

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

Bla

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, Skyscape, 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 & Datura Books
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. Bancroft Press
21. Barbour Publishing
22. Barking Rain Press (Out of business)
23. Barricade Books
24. Bella Books, including Rising Tide
25. Bella Rosa Books
26. BelleBooks/BelleBridge Books
27. Berry Content
28. Bitter Lemon Press
29. Blackstone Publishing
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. Cambridge University Press
39. CamCat Books
40. Candlewick Press
41. Capstone Press (including Capstone Young Readers, Compass Point Books, Heinemann-Raintree, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books and Switch Press)
42. Charade Media (formerly Seven Realms Publishing)
43. ChiZine Publications
44. Chronicle Books
45. Cinco Puntos Press
46. Cleis Press (no e-books)
47. Coffee House Press
48. Columbia University Press
49. Cornell University Press
50. Counterpoint Press, including Shoemaker & Hoard and Soft Skull Press
51. Crime Spell Books (short stories only)
52. Crippin and Landru
53. Crooked Lane Books
54. Crossroad Press (e-books only)
55. Crum Creek Press
56. Dark Horse Books
57. Deadly Niche Press (e-books only)
58. Diversion Books – Under Review
59. Douglas & McIntyre
60. Dover Publications (reprints only)
61. Down and Out Books
62. Down East Books
63. Down the Shore Publishing
64. Dreamspinner Press (including DSP Publications & Harmony Ink)
65. Dundurn Press, including Castle Street Mysteries
66. DX Varos Publishing
67. ECW Press
68. Egmont USA (see Lerner Publishing)
69. Encircle Publications
70. Entangled Publishing (e-books only)
71. Epicenter Press (parent of Coffeetown & Camel Press)
72. Europa Editions
73. Evernight Publishing (e-books only)
74. F&W Publications (all imprints)
75. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (all imprints)
76. Felony & Mayhem
77. Five Star (subsidiary of Cengage)
78. Flame Tree Publishing
79. Gemma Halliday Books
80. Globe Pequot (all imprints – see Rowman & Littlefield)
81. Greenwood Press (including Praeger)
82. Grove Atlantic (all imprints)
83. Hachette Book Group (all imprints)
84. Hal Leonard Group
85. Harbour Publishing
86. Hard Case Crime
87. Harlequin (all imprints)
88. HarperCollins Publishers (all imprints)
89. Harvest House
90. Henery Press – Under Review
91. Henry Holt & Co.
92. History Press (no e-books)
93. Holiday House (including Pixel+Ink)
94. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (all imprints)
95. House of Anansi
96. Hyperion Books
97. IG Publishing
98. Ingalls Publishing Group
99. Intrigue Press
100. Islandport Books
101. Johns Hopkins University Press
102. JournalStone Publishing
103. Justin, Charles & Co.
104. Kane Press
105. Kensington Publishing – all imprints (for both print and e-books)
106. Kent State University Press
107. Kunati Books (Out of Business)
108. L&L Dreamspell (e-books only) (Out of Business)
109. Lerner Publishing
110. Level Best Books
111. Linden Publishing
112. Llewellyn Worldwide and all divisions (including Flux and Midnight Ink)
113. Louisiana State University Press
114. MacAdam/Cage Publishing (Out of Business)
115. MacMillan Publishers (all imprints)
116. Manic D Press
117. Marion Street Press
118. McFarland & Co.
119. Medallion Press
120. Melange Books
121. Melville House
122. MLR Press (e-books only) (out of business)
123. Mobius Books (formerly Quercus USA)
124. MX Publishing Ltd
125. Mysterious Press
126. Napoleon & Company (including RendezVous Crime)
127. New Horizon Press Books
128. NewSouth Books
129. Nimbus Publishing
130. Northwestern University Press
131. Oceanview Publishing
132. Ohio University Press
133. Open Road Integrated Media
134. Orca Book Publishers
135. Orion Books
136. The Overlook Press
137. Overmountain Press, including Silver Dagger
138. Oxford University Press
139. Paper Angel Press
140. Peachtree Publishers
141. Pegasus Books (New York, NY)
142. Penguin Random House (all imprints)
143. Penzler Publishers (all imprints)
144. Perfect Crime Books
145. Permanent Press
146. Perseus Books Group
147. Piatkus Books
148. Pleasure Boat Studio
149. Plexus Publishing
150. PM Press
151. Poisoned Pen Press
152. Polis Books (Out of Business)
153. Post Mortem Press
154. Potomac Books
155. Princeton University Press
156. Prometheus Books
157. Prospect Park Books
158. Quirk Books
159. Rare Bird Books
160. Red Hen Press
161. Rowman & Littlefield
162. Routledge
163. Rutgers University Press
164. Schaffner Press
165. Scholastic Press (all imprints)
166. Secret Staircase Books
167. Serpent’s Tail
168. Severn House
169. Severn River Publishing
170. Simon & Schuster (all imprints)
171. Skyhorse Publishing (all imprints)
172. Small Beer Press
173. Smart Pop
174. Soho Press
175. Sophia Institute
176. Soul Mate Publishing (e-books only)
177. Sourcebooks (all imprints)
178. Southeast Missouri State University Press
179. St. Martin’s Press (all imprints)
180. Stairway Press
181. Start Publishing (Seventh Street Books)
182. Stanford University Press
183. Stark House Press
184. Steerforth Press
185. The Story Plant
186. Sunbury Press
187. Syracuse University Press
188. Taylor & Francis/Routledge
189. Text Publishing
190. The Toby Press
191. Thorndike Press
192. Three Rooms Press
193. Tin House
194. Titan Books
195. Tor/Forge Books
196. Torrey House Press
197. TouchPoint Press Under Review
198. Tule Publishing Group
199. Turner Publishing
200. Twilight Times Books
201. Tyndale Publishing
202. Union Square and Company (formerly Sterling Publishing)
203. University of Arizona Press
204. University of California Press
205. University of Chicago Press
206. University of Iowa Press
207. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
208. University of Massachusetts Press
209. University of Minnesota Press
210. University of Nebraska Press
211. University of Nevada Press
212. University of New Mexico Press
213. University of North Carolina Press
214. University of Oklahoma Press
215. University of Pittsburgh Press
216. University of South Carolina Press
217. University Press of Florida
218. University Press of Kentucky
219. University Press of New England
220. University of Virginia Press
221. University of Wisconsin Press
222. Watermark Publishing (Books Hawaii)
223. West Virginia University Press
224. Wildside Press (including Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine)
225. Wiley & Sons (all imprints)
226. Wings Press
227. W.W. Norton (including The Countryman Press)
228. Workman Publishing
229. YMAA Publications
230. Zando Projects
231. 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 (Out of Business)
2. Antioch Review
3. Back Alley Webzine (Out of Business)
4. Big Click Webzine (Out of Business)
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 (Out of Business)
21. Strand Magazine
22. The Saturday Evening Post
23. Tough Blogazine
24. Virginia Quarterly Review
25. Woman’s World Magazine