The Sputnik

The Sputnik is Wilfrid Laurier University’s independent Brantford campus newspaper, with current music and local arts reporting and a direct no-fee public story-pitch form.

The Sputnik is the independent student newspaper at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus. Its current Get Involved page says the paper publishes every other month, is distributed on campus and adds stories online between issues. WLU Student Publications describes it as Brantford’s campus newspaper, covering subjects from campus updates to arts and entertainment. Current first-party music and arts activity includes a March 5, 2026 article about artists and musicians responding to U.S. immigration enforcement, a November 6, 2025 feature on Brantford’s local artists that includes musicians, and an October 4, 2025 preview of the Sanderson Centre’s 2025–26 season that includes music and dance. The official Pitch a Story page explicitly welcomes story pitches from anyone in the community, including ideas a contributor would like to write and topics the publication should cover, through a first-party form. No submission fee or guarantee of a reply, assignment, publication, music review, event coverage or other outcome is stated. This is a story-pitch and coverage-suggestion route, not a blanket artist-release or track-submission policy. MusicList publishes only the official form. Named staff and bylines, the recruitment inbox and volunteer application, telephone and postal details, advertising, social and newsletter routes, private form fields, submitted pitches, files, correspondence and account or analytics data remain excluded.

Editorial profile

Outlet type

Publication

Editorial languages

English

Editorial formats

Independent student newspaper, print publication every other month, online publication, arts and culture reporting, photography

Coverage

Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford campus, Brantford community, music and musicians, local arts and performance, student perspectives

Coverage region

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Community focus

Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford students, Brantford community members, community story contributors, local artists and performers

Services

independent student newspaper, print publication every other month, online publication, arts and culture reporting, photography

Service territory

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Submissions

Open to submissions ↗· Last checked July 27, 2026Official submission form · Direct, no-fee routeRequested materials: A story idea the contributor would like to write or a topic the publication should cover

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