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:  October 2, 2024

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