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Conduit Magazine

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Conduit is a biannual literary journal that is at once direct, playful, inventive, irreverent, and darkly beautiful. Despite common sense and the laws of economics, Conduit has been thwarting good taste, progress, and consensus for over twenty years. Conduit publishes distinctive voices of literary merit—experimental to accessible, established to emerging—in snazzy volumes, featuring work that demonstrates originality, intelligence, courage, and humanity. Conduit champions a fresh mix of writers. If that isn't enough, Conduit reaches beyond the literary by interviewing astronomers, ethno-botanists, artists, graphic artists, and historians, et cetera, believing a vigorous imagination is one that is cross-pollinated by diverse areas of human inquiry.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 1993

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 2 x per year.
Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 2 x per year.

Fiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 3,500 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poem PoemNo line limits known; 3 - 5 pieces.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager (fees apply). Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


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Conduit Magazine Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
AccuracyWe have received 79 reports from 72 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported63 min | 130.6 mean avg | 137.0 median | 274 max days (168.9 std dev)
Responses97.47 %
Acceptances3.80 % of submissions accepted (204.3 avg. days per acceptance) | 4.17 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections93.67 % (122.0 avg. days per rejection) | 18.9 % personal, 60.8 % form, 20.3 % unspecified
Non-Responses2.53 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded-
Withdrawals2.53 % (117.5 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending35 responses are pending (4 min | 94.4 mean avg | 70.0 median | 239 max days waiting | 379.0 std dev) from 33 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 270 days. (1.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 270 days.)
The most common submission fee paid: USD $3.00. (57.0 % of reports specified whether they paid a fee; of those, 100.0 % paid fees.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 17 Mar 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 21 Nov 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 23 Feb 2025
Last Audited: 01 Jan 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 23 Feb 2006

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