The Silhouette

The Silhouette is McMaster University’s student-led newspaper in Hamilton, with current music and concert reporting and a direct free community editorial-contribution form.

The Silhouette is McMaster University’s official student-led newspaper in Hamilton, Ontario. Its official About page records a 1930 founding, identifies the publication as a service of the McMaster Students Union and says it publishes weekly online from September through April, with a semesterly print edition and reduced summer publication. The live homepage and Arts & Culture section carry dated reporting through July 2026. Current substantive first-party music activity includes a 536-word March 25, 2026 Arts & Culture feature about a Hamilton K-pop community event organized around Twice’s concert. The article reports on the group’s music, song-referencing menu items, concert fans, interviews and the local community around the performance. The current Get Involved form explicitly invites contributions about topics relevant to the McMaster or Hamilton community and lets prospective contributors select Arts & Culture. It requests a name, a verified email address with a McMaster address preferred where possible, a section, a topic or subject and optional interest in multimedia volunteering or the CFMU campus/community radio partner. No submission fee or guaranteed contact, assignment, editing, publication, music review, interview, event coverage or other outcome is stated. MusicList publishes only the Get Involved form as a bounded community editorial-contribution route. It is not represented as blanket acceptance of artist releases, tracks, press releases, music-review requests, event-coverage requests or promotional material. The generic Contact Us form and every newsroom inbox receive no submission-route credit because that page does not publish a detailed pitch or artist-music policy. The editorial board, bylines, every email address, telephone and street or postal detail, generic contact form, advertising, donations, accounts, e-edition, newsletter and social routes, private form values, topics, pitches, files, submissions, responses, correspondence, subscriber data and payment data remain excluded.

Editorial profile

Outlet type

Publication

Editorial languages

English

Editorial formats

Student-led newspaper, weekly online publication during the academic year, semesterly print publication, arts and culture reporting, music and concert features

Coverage

McMaster University campus life, Hamilton arts and culture, local music and concerts, student and community stories

Genres

K-pop, classical music, multi-genre music

Coverage region

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Community focus

McMaster University students, Hamilton communities, local artists and concert audiences, student contributors

Services

student-led newspaper, weekly online publication during the academic year, semesterly print publication, arts and culture reporting, music and concert features

Service territory

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Submissions

Open to submissions ↗· Last checked July 27, 2026Official submission form · Direct, no-fee routeRequested materials: The contributor’s name, a verified email address, using a McMaster address if possible, a coverage section, including Arts & Culture, a topic or subject relevant to the McMaster or Hamilton community, optional interest in multimedia volunteering or information about CFMU

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