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Best Middle Grade Book Publishing Companies

Showing 102 publishers that match your search.

Sleeping Bear Press

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Children's

Part of: Cherry Lake Publishing > Sleeping Bear Press

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://sleepingbearpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Cape!

Marty Kelley

A Teacher Like You

Frank Murphy & Barbara Dan

Don't Call Me Fuzzybutt!

Robin Gorman Newman

Atheneum Books

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Children's

Part of: Simon and Schuster > Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing > Atheneum Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://simonandschusterpublishing.com/atheneum/index.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

Genesis Begins Again

Alicia D. Williams

Don't Ask Me Where I'm From

Jennifer De Leon

Wayne State University Press

Genres: Academic, Art, Education & Reference, History, African-American, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Environmental, Math & Science, Health & Wellbeing, Medical, Humor, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Urban Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Children's

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

University press

💥 Hit titles
Crusader for Justice

Trevor W. Coleman & Peter J. Hammer

Rosie, A Detroit Herstory

Bailey Sisoy Isgro

Leaving Springfield

John Alberti

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Christian, and Children's

Part of: Eerdmans Publishing > Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.eerdmans.com/youngreaders/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Story of Bodri

Hédi Fried

A Different Story

Adolfo Serra

Snowmen Live Forever

Thierry Dedieu

University of Georgia Press

Genres: Academic, African-American, Education & Reference, Art, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, DIY, Health & Wellbeing, Sports & Outdoors, Humor, History, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Law, Medical, True Crime, Travel, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help, Photography, Business, Law, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children's

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://ugapress.org/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

University press

💥 Hit titles
Battleground

Celeste-Marie Bernier

Public Religions in the Future World

David Morris

An OutKast Reader

Regina Bradley

Sky Pony Press

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Children's

Part of: Skyhorse Publishing > Sky Pony Press

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.skyponypress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries & manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Hacks for Minecrafters

Megan Miller

My Fairy Godmother Is a Drag Queen

David Clawson

The Next Together

Lauren James

Black & White Publishing

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Picture Book, Middle Grade, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Website: https://blackandwhitepublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Becoming Mila

Estelle Maskame

Summer Bird Blue

Akemi Dawn Bowman

Bride Squad Runaway

Caroline Grace-Cassidy & Lisa Carey

Firefly Books

Genres: Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, DIY, Health & Wellbeing, History, Environmental, Math & Science, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Picture Book, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.fireflybooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Cheerleading Book

Ali Moffat & Alana Potter

Capturing Motion

Stephen Dalton

The Inside Out of Flies

Erica McAlister

Balzer and Bray

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Children's

Part of: HarperCollins > HarperCollins Children's Books > Balzer and Bray

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli

Dumplin'

Julie Murphy

Editis

Genres: History, Self-Help, Art, Education & Reference, Picture Book, Middle Grade, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: Vivendi > Editis

Location: Paris, FR

Website: https://www.vivendi.com/en/our-activities/publishing/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
L'Arbre-Monde

Richard Powers

Le Meurtre du Commandeur

Haruki Murakami

Au fond de l'eau

Paula Hawkins

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