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 7, 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, 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
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. Black Opal Books Under Review
30. Blackstone Audio
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. 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. Crippin and Landru
51. Crooked Lane Books
52. Crossroad Press (e-books only)
53. Crum Creek Press
54. Dark Horse Books
55. Deadly Niche Press (e-books only)
56. Diversion Books – Under Review
57. Douglas & McIntyre
58. Dover Publications (reprints only)
59. Down and Out Books (including ABC Documentation, All Due Respect, New Wave Crime, Shotgun Honey)
60. Down East Books
61. Down the Shore Publishing
62. Dreamspinner Press (including DSP Publications & Harmony Ink)
63. Dundurn Press, including Castle Street Mysteries
64. DX Varos Publishing
65. ECW Press
66. Egmont USA (see Lerner Publishing)
67. Encircle Publications
68. Entangled Publishing (e-books only)
69. Epicenter Press (parent of Coffeetown & Camel Press)
70. Europa Editions
71. Evernight Publishing (e-books only)
72. F&W Publications (all imprints)
73. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (all imprints)
74. Felony & Mayhem
75. Five Star (subsidiary of Cengage)
76. Flame Tree Publishing
77. Gemma Halliday Books
78. Globe Pequot (all imprints)
79. Greenwood Press (including Praeger)
80. Grove Atlantic (all imprints)
81. Hachette Book Group (all imprints)
82. Hal Leonard Group
83. Harbour Publishing
84. Hard Case Crime
85. Harlequin (all imprints)
86. HarperCollins Publishers (all imprints)
87. Harvest House
88. Henery Press – Under Review
89. Henry Holt & Co.
90. History Press (no e-books)
91. Holiday House (including Pixel+Ink)
92. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (all imprints)
93. House of Anansi
94. Hyperion Books
95. IG Publishing
96. Ingalls Publishing Group
97. Intrigue Press
98. Islandport Books
99. Johns Hopkins University Press
100. JournalStone Publishing
101. Justin, Charles & Co.
102. Kane Press
103. Kensington Publishing – all imprints (for both print and e-books)
104. Kent State University Press
105. Kunati Books (Out of Business)
106. L&L Dreamspell (e-books only) (Out of Business)
107. Lerner Publishing
108. Level Best Books
109. Linden Publishing
110. Llewellyn Worldwide and all divisions (including Flux and Midnight Ink)
111. Louisiana State University Press
112. MacAdam/Cage Publishing (Out of Business)
113. MacMillan Publishers (all imprints)
114. Manic D Press
115. Marion Street Press
116. McFarland & Co.
117. Medallion Press
118. Melange Books
119. Melville House
120. MLR Press (e-books only) (out of business)
121. Mobius Books (formerly Quercus USA)
122. MX Publishing Ltd
123. Mysterious Press
124. Napoleon & Company (including RendezVous Crime)
125. New Horizon Press Books
126. NewSouth Books
127. Nimbus Publishing
128. Oceanview Publishing
129. Ohio University Press
130. Open Road Integrated Media
131. Orca Book Publishers
132. Orion Books
133. The Overlook Press
134. Overmountain Press, including Silver Dagger
135. Oxford University Press
136. Peachtree Publishers
137. Pegasus Books (New York, NY)
138. Penguin Random House (all imprints)
139. Perfect Crime Books
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. Schaffner Press
160. Scholastic Press (all imprints)
161. Secret Staircase Books
162. Serpent’s Tail
163. Severn House
164. Severn River Publishing
165. Simon & Schuster (all imprints)
166. Skyhorse Publishing (all imprints)
167. Small Beer Press
168. Smart Pop
169. Soho Press
170. Sophia Institute
171. Soul Mate Publishing (e-books only)
172. Sourcebooks (all imprints)
173. Southeast Missouri State University Press
174. St. Martin’s Press (all imprints)
175. Stairway Press
176. Start Publishing (Seventh Street Books)
177. Stanford University Press
178. Stark House Press
179. Steerforth Press
180. The Story Plant
181. Syracuse University Press
182. Taylor & Francis/Routledge
183. Text Publishing
184. The Toby Press
185. Thorndike Press
186. Three Rooms Press
187. Tin House
188. Titan Books
189. Tor/Forge Books
190. Torrey House Press
191. TouchPoint Press
192. Tule Publishing Group
193. Turner Publishing
194. Twilight Times Books
195. Tyndale Publishing
196. Union Square and Company (formerly Sterling Publishing)
197. University of Arizona Press
198. University of Chicago Press
199. University of Iowa Press
200. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
201. University of Massachusetts Press
202. University of Minnesota Press
203. University of Nebraska Press
204. University of Nevada Press
205. University of New Mexico Press
206. University of North Carolina Press
207. University of Oklahoma Press
208. University of Pittsburgh Press
209. University Press of Florida
210. University Press of Kentucky
211. University Press of New England
212. University of Wisconsin Press
213. Watermark Publishing (Books Hawaii)
214. West Virginia University Press
215. Wildside Press (including Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine)
216. Wiley & Sons (all imprints)
217. Wings Press
218. W.W. Norton (including The Countryman Press)
219. Workman Publishing
220. YMAA Publications
221. 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