About Us

Southland Alibi is the student-run literary journal published by the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension.

We seek high-quality, original fiction of all types.  Send us a piece that makes us laugh, cry, love, or nod our heads in the wonderment or bewilderment of life.

The editorial staff is dedicated to art and writing that represents diverse viewpoints and experiences and that may also cross boundaries of genre and form.

Submission Requirements

- Original, unpublished work only

- Max word count: 3,000. We will accept stand-alone excerpts from larger works

- 12 point font, Times New Roman, double spaced

-You may submit a PDF but we may require a Word version of the piece upon acceptance (for editing and design purposes.)

-Please do not include any unusual/embedded formatting in your piece (for example, no images). If you have images you wish to publish with the work, please indicate this in your cover letter and we will contact you separately if the work is accepted to discuss the images/photos and licensure/copyright for those.

- Include a cover letter with your legal name, desired pen name or publishing name, e-mail address, phone number, and the title of your piece, as well as a brief biography. In the biography, please consider the following: what texts, traditions, cultures, or histories is your piece in conversation with? What does your piece mean to you? You do not need to include previous publications but are welcome to include those as well as a website/social media handles. 

- Do not include your name on the manuscript itself

- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please immediately withdraw your submission from our consideration if it is accepted elsewhere

- Multiple submissions from the same author may be submitted

If you have questions not otherwise addressed here, please contact us at: southlandalibi@unex.ucla.edu. We appreciate your patience and will respond to your e-mail as quickly as possible, but kindly allow at least 3 business days before following up with us.

Southland Alibi, the student-run literary journal published by the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension, seeks original, previously unpublished nonfiction of up to 4,000 words (with a suggested length of around 2,500 words). We are open to all styles of nonfiction including journalism, memoir, personal essay, creative and literary nonfiction, as well as innovative pieces which defy genre convention. Works of extraordinary merit that exceed 4,000 words may be considered for serialization.

Submission Requirements

- Original, unpublished work only

- 12 point font, Times New Roman, double spaced

-You may submit a PDF but we may require a Word version of the piece upon acceptance (for editing and design purposes.)

-Please do not include any unusual/embedded formatting in your piece (for example, no images). If you have images you wish to publish with the work, please indicate this in your cover letter and we will contact you separately if the work is accepted to discuss the images/photos and licensure/copyright for those.

- Include a cover letter with your legal name, desired pen name or publishing name, e-mail address, phone number, and the title of your piece, as well as a brief biography. You do not need to include previous publications in your bio but are welcome to include those as well as a website/social media handles. 

- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please immediately withdraw your submission from our consideration if it is accepted elsewhere

- Multiple submissions from the same author may be submitted

If you have questions not otherwise addressed here, please contact us at: southlandalibi@unex.ucla.edu. We appreciate your patience and will respond to your e-mail as quickly as possible, but kindly allow at least 3 business days before following up with us.

If you have questions not otherwise addressed here, please contact us at: southlandalibi@unex.ucla.edu. We appreciate your patience and will respond to your e-mail as quickly as possible, but kindly allow at least 3 business days before following up with us.

Southland Alibi is the student-run literary journal published by the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension.

Our poetry editors are looking for fresh, diverse voices.

Please adhere to the following guidelines when submitting your work:

• Up to three poems may be simultaneously submitted as a single document with each poem on its own page.
• Submissions must be typed and single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font.
• Please include a cover sheet with your submission. Your cover sheet should include your full legal name, preferred pen name/publishing name, phone number, mailing address, e-mail address, and a short biography.
• Submissions of visual or concrete poetry should be submitted in PDF format.
• Please do not include any unusual/embedded formatting in your piece (for example, no images within the text). If you have images you wish to publish with the work, please indicate this in your cover letter and we will contact you separately if the work is accepted to discuss the images/photos and licensure/copyright for those.
• We welcome international submissions. Languages other than English may be included in the poem as long as the bulk of the poem is written in English and/or includes an English translation.
• We accept simultaneous submissions, but if your poetry is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify us immediately.
• We do not accept previously published work.

We strive to respond to poetry submissions within a reasonable timeframe, but we appreciate your patience as we manage the volume of submissions. If you have questions not otherwise addressed here, please contact us at: southlandalibi@unex.ucla.edu. We appreciate your patience and will respond to your e-mail as quickly as possible, but kindly allow at least 3 business days before following up with us.