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:  September 3, 2026

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