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Middle grade publishers open to unagented submissions

These publishers accept middle grade manuscripts without a literary agent. Each one's status is verified against its own submissions page — always confirm before you send.

112 publishers59 open or in a reading window7 verified

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112 publishers of 160
AdventureKEEN Publishing
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Board bookPicture bookEbook
US Verified June 10, 2026
Cicada Books
Imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
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Board bookPicture book
US Verified June 9, 2026
Marble Press
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Board bookAudiobookEbook
US Verified June 10, 2026
Pajama Press
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Board bookPicture bookChapter bookNovel
Canada Verified June 9, 2026
Free Spirit Publishing, an Imprint of Teacher Created Materials
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Board bookPicture bookChapter bookNovelEligibility limits
US Verified June 9, 2026
Orca Book Publishers
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Board bookPicture bookEarly readerNovel+1 moreEligibility limits
US Verified June 9, 2026
Owlkids Books
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Board bookPicture bookNovelGraphic novelEligibility limits
Canada Verified June 9, 2026
Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Board bookGraphic novelPicture bookAudiobook+2 more
US Not yet verified
Annick Press
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Board bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook+1 more
Canada Not yet verified
Arcadia Children's Books
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Board book
US Not yet verified
Beaming Books
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Board bookChapter bookPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Black Rose Writing
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Graphic novelPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Blue Star Press
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Catalyst Press / Flare Kids
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Early readerChapter bookGraphic novelPicture book+2 more
US Not yet verified
Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Chesapeake Press
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Ebook
US Not yet verified
Chronicle Books
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Clavis Publishing
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Creative Minds Publications
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Creston Books
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Crimson Dragon Publishing
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
East West Discovery Press
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Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Enchanted Lion Books
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Graphic novelPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Fitzroy Books
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Gecko Press (Lerner Publishing Group)
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Board bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Greystone Kids
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Picture bookAudiobookEbook
Canada Not yet verified
Holiday House, Inc.
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Graphic novelPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Intergalactic Afikoman
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Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Lawley Publishing
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Levine Querido
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Early readerGraphic novelPicture bookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Magination Press
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
MB Publishing, LLC
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Picture bookAudiobookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Nobrow / Flying Eye Books
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
North Star Editions
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Ebook
US Not yet verified
Paw Prints Publishing
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Ebook
US Not yet verified
Planting People Growing Justice
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Board bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook
US Not yet verified
Platypus Media
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Picture bookAudiobookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Portage & Main Press / HighWater Press
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Graphic novelPicture bookAudiobookEbook+1 more
Canada Not yet verified
Quarto Children's Group USA
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Quirk Books
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Readers to Eaters
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Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Rebel Goose Books
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Board bookGraphic novelPicture bookEbook+1 more
Canada Not yet verified
Red Chair Press
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Early readerGraphic novelPicture bookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Rootstock Publishing
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Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Sambasivan & Parikh
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Graphic novelPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Star Bright Books
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Board bookChapter bookPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Stirred Stories
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Graphic novelPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
The Innovation Press
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Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
The Little Press
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Early readerChapter bookGraphic novelPicture book+3 more
US Not yet verified
The RoadRunner Press
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Board bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
TOR Teen and Starscape
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AudiobookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Tra Publishing
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
DCB Young Readers (an imprint of Cormorant Books)
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EbookEligibility limits
Canada Not yet verified
Elsewhere Editions
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Picture bookEbookEligibility limits
US Not yet verified
Tapioca Stories
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Picture bookEbookEligibility limits
US Not yet verified
West 44 Books (an imprint of The Rosen Publishing Group)
Imprint of The Rosen Publishing Group
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NovelEligibility limits
US Not yet verified
Drawn & Quarterly
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Board bookGraphic novelPicture bookEbook+1 more
Canada Not yet verified
Golden Bridges Publishing
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Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Abrams Books for Young Readers, Amulet Books, Abrams Appleseed
Agented only
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
All About Kids Publishing
Closed
Chapter bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook
US Not yet verified
BeaLu Books
Closed
Chapter bookPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Berbay Publishing
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Big Kid Science
Closed
Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Agented only
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Candlewick Press
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Capstone
Closed
Board bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
DK Publishing, Inc.
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Fabled Films Press
Closed
EbookNovel
US Not yet verified
HarperCollins Children's Books
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Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Highlights Press
Closed
Board bookEarly readerPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Hoopoe Books
Closed
Early readerPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Indigo Books LLC
Closed
Chapter bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook
US Not yet verified
Just Us Books
Closed
Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing
Closed
Board bookGraphic novelPicture bookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Kinkajou Press
Closed
AudiobookEbook
US Not yet verified
Lee & Low Books
Agented only
Early readerGraphic novelPicture bookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Lerner Publishing Group
Agented only
Board bookEarly readerGraphic novelPicture book+2 more
US Not yet verified
Little Bee Books
Agented only
Board bookChapter bookPicture bookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers
Agented only
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Look Under Rocks
Closed
Ebook
US Not yet verified
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
MadCave Studios
Closed
Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Magic Cat Publishing
Closed
Board bookChapter bookPicture bookEbook
UK Not yet verified
Mims House
Closed
Picture bookAudiobookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
National Geographic Kids
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Nosy Crow
Closed
Board bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Oni Press
Closed
Graphic novelNovel
US Not yet verified
Peachtree Publishers
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Penguin Young Readers Group
Closed
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Random House Children's Books
Agented only
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Restless Books / Yonder
Agented only
Picture bookAudiobookEbook
US Not yet verified
Scholastic Inc.
Closed
Board bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Shout Mouse Press
Closed
Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Agented only
Board bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Sky Candle Press
Closed
EbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Skybound Entertainment
Closed
US Not yet verified
Skyhook Press
Closed
AudiobookEbook
US Not yet verified
Sourcebooks
Agented only
Board bookEarly readerGraphic novelPicture book+2 more
US Not yet verified
Story Monsters LLC
Closed
Picture bookAudiobookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
The New York Review Children's Collection
Closed
Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
The Rosen Publishing Group
Closed
Early readerPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Triangle Square Books for Young Readers / an imprint of Seven Stories Press
Closed
Board bookGraphic novelPicture bookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
Two Lions
Closed
Board bookPicture bookAudiobookEbook+1 more
US Not yet verified
ViaNova Productions
Closed
Chapter bookPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Astra Books for Young Readers
Closed
Early readerPicture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
Loyola Press
Unverified
Early readerPicture bookEbook
US Not yet verified
Peter E. Randall Publisher LLC
Unverified
Picture bookEbookNovel
US Not yet verified
The Creative Company
Unverified
Board book
US Not yet verified
Union Square Kids
Unverified
US Not yet verified
What on Earth Books
Unverified
Picture bookEbook
US Not yet verified