What's New
Latest updates and improvements to Stanza.
v2.114.0 — Prompts, the monthly call and a new way to listen
A weekly writing prompt, the monthly call, gentler ways to find poems waiting for a first reader, a redesigned podcast experience with a directory, sleep timer and transcript quotes, font pairs, and content warnings that blur in place.
WebMobileAPIv2.97.4 — See who’s reading, choose who sees you, and save what you love
Tap a count on any poem to see who cheered, encored, reposted and quoted it, and choose separately who sees each kind of thing you do. Save poems privately, cheer the poets you love, fill reading lists with episodes and live replays, and read poems in your own language. Your monthly Encores now depend on your plan.
WebMobileAPIModerationv2.90.0 — Poem size, search preferences & a sharper reaction bar
Set your own poem size on the immersive Stage, make search yours with new per-profile preferences, and meet the reworked reaction bar — compact, holdable for exact counts, with tap-to-search pills. Plus notification settings that finally stay put.
WebMobileAPIModerationv2.87.1 — Correspondence, Marginalia & a journal for Discover
Replies become letters, readers can leave notes in the margins of a poem, every poetic element and sound explains itself, and Discover reads like a literary journal — plus a settling window, trending sounds/elements, and a round of fixes.
WebMobileAPIContentv2.69.0 — A hand-inked welcome, and a stage for your profile
A completely redesigned first run, six theatrical profile covers painted in your own accent colour, and a Make it yours step that lets you set your look before you write a line.
WebMobileAPIv2.68.0 — Organizations hub, open calls you can actually enter, and a desktop that feels like one
Organizations get a proper home, open calls accept entries directly on web and mobile, and the desktop navigation rail now follows you into every page instead of vanishing on detail screens.
WebMobileAPIv2.68.1 — Your fonts everywhere, and no more blank screens
Custom fonts now apply across the whole app rather than just the preview, and errors that used to leave a blank screen now explain themselves.
Mobilev2.65.0 — Share & QR, Circles moderation, audio critique, easier navigation, and privacy-first ads
Our biggest update in a while: a refreshed Share experience with shareable social cards, a customizable profile QR, richer circle moderation, and timestamped audio critiques. Navigation is easier too — quick View profile from the switcher everywhere, a Submission Tracker guide, and hide-on-scroll bars. Plus privacy-first ads and a batch of reliability, notification, and layout fixes.
WebMobileAPIModerationContentv2.54.0 — Ads, Child Safety & Privacy Controls
v2.54.0 is our biggest update yet. Stanza stays free with tasteful, privacy-first ads that are non-personalized by default — backed by a Do Not Sell or Share control, an opt-in personalization toggle, and a completely ad-free Stanza Pro. It also brings clearer community and child-safety standards with easier in-app reporting, in-app announcement banners, and a wave of privacy, security, and performance improvements.
WebMobileAPIModerationv2.41.1 — Refreshed organization profiles, 17 new badges & privacy upgrades
Organization profiles get separate View and Edit modes, their own Library hub, and simpler navigation. Seventeen new badges are awarded automatically as you take part. The mobile email-digest setting now saves, and we've started encrypting the birth year and month we store.
WebMobileAPIv2.41.0 — The Library, smarter creating & scheduled-post fixes
v2.41.0 introduces the Library — a single home for every Stanza tool, space, and inbox — plus smarter podcast and live setup, a fix so scheduled poems reach your stage and search, and a wave of reliability, security, and accessibility improvements.
WebMobileAPIv2.40.0 — Organization publishing & drafts that survive interruptions
Organizations can now publish and feature their members' work. A Requests inbox lets you accept or decline, and you get clear credit every time. The editor is also more dependable: drafts are saved when the app is interrupted, and you're offered your unsaved work when you return.
WebMobileAPIModerationv2.39.2 — Writing Space fixed on Android
A quick fix for Android: in v2.39.1, the Writing Space journal could fail to open. It's now restored. iPhone and iPad were not affected.
Mobilev2.39.1 — Organization & circle feeds, publishing from your journal, and review status
The Stage gains Organizations and Inner Circles views, and feed cards now carry organization badges. You can publish a private journal entry straight to Stanza, follow your submissions' review status from your profile, and handle every invitation in one place. Sign-in errors are clearer, and translations are better across the board.
WebMobileAPIv2.37.0 — Flutter Desktop, Analytics, Org Settings & Verification
Stanza now runs on the desktop (macOS, Windows & Linux), with new analytics dashboards, a redesigned organization settings & verification flow, refined live performances, and flexible email digests.
WebMobileAPIv2.36.0 — Analytics Dashboards, Desktop Foundations & Applications
Personal and organization analytics dashboards, the foundations of the Flutter desktop experience, and a new applications & verification system.
WebMobileAPIv2.35.0 — Flutter Desktop: Adaptive Shell
The Flutter app adapts to large screens with an adaptive navigation shell, a collapsible sidebar, and two-column layouts.
Mobilev2.34.0 — Installable App & Offline Support
Stanza on the web is now installable as an app, with offline support, an install prompt, and accessibility improvements in the Writing Space.
Webv2.33.0 — Writing Space Upgrades
A more capable Writing Space: language switcher, adjustable text size, speech-to-text, and a floating editor toolbar on web and mobile.
WebMobilev2.32.0 — Spotlight, Stream Keys & Photo Zoom
A smarter Spotlight algorithm, stream-key rotation for live, pinch-to-zoom on profile photos, and per-post attribution for organizations.
WebMobileAPIv2.31.0 — Journal Editor & Offline Compose
A redesigned Writing Space and journal editor with paper theming, handwriting mode, and offline compose with a save-draft and back-online nudge.
Mobilev2.30.0 — Your font collection & redesigned profile settings
Build a collection of fonts from Google Fonts or your own uploads, and use them in your poems. Profile settings have been redesigned, with draggable social links that each have their own privacy level. Organization links that pointed to the wrong place are fixed.
WebMobileAPIv2.28.0 — Your poem’s colour and typeface, readable everywhere
Choose a text colour and typeface for each poem, with a contrast check so it stays readable. Poems in right-to-left languages are now detected and laid out correctly, and your preferred Stage format is remembered across sessions.
WebMobileAPIv2.29.0 — Custom Fonts
Make your work yours — add custom fonts to your profile and choose them in the compose font picker, on web and mobile.
WebMobilev2.24.1 — Under-the-hood upgrades for the app
A maintenance release for the mobile app. The libraries behind the app's framework, notifications, audio playback and Sign in with Apple are updated, giving Stanza a sturdier foundation for the features to come.
Mobilev2.25.0 — Stage Formats & Editorial Feed
A new editorial feed view with a stage-format toggle, right-to-left language support, and a two-column grid on larger screens.
WebMobilev2.24.0 — Organization Management
Run your organization with new tools — curated collections, submission review with staff notes, and flexible monthly or annual billing.
WebMobileAPIv2.22.0 — Organizations
Organizations arrive on Stanza — applications to join, spotlights, curated collections, newsletters, and rich public profiles.
WebMobileAPIv2.23.0 — Open Calls
Discover and respond to open calls from organizations — browse, filter, and follow calls seeking submissions.
WebMobilev2.21.0 — Replies on your profile, a Feed tab & clearer content labels
Decide whether your reply poems show on your profile, and see what a poet has been enjoying in a new profile Feed tab. Sponsored and AI labels now appear everywhere they should, and the subscription and analytics pages in the app work properly.
WebMobileAPIModerationv2.20.0 — Subscriptions
Support Stanza with subscriptions — billing through Stripe on the web and native in-app purchases on iOS and Android.
WebMobileAPIv2.19.0 — Two-Factor Auth & Security
Stronger account protection — two-factor authentication with backup codes, plus a broad security and accessibility hardening pass.
WebMobileAPIv2.16.0 — Content Warnings & Age Safety
A safer Stanza — content warnings with soft-reveal, content-preference filtering, and age-appropriate protections at registration.
WebMobileAPIv2.17.0 — Reposts & Activity
Reshare work you love with reposts, and keep up with everything happening around you in the new Activity center.
WebMobileAPIv2.15.10 — A live studio built for phones
The live studio has been rebuilt mobile-first: the studio, channel, manager, sessions and stream settings all work properly on a phone, with portrait or landscape streams. On desktop, the manage page gains a two-column layout with pinned chat, and profiles get Podcasts and Live tabs.
WebMobileAPIv2.11.0 — Open mic, co-hosts & gifts during live performances
Live performances become more of an event. Viewers can request an open-mic slot, hosts can bring in co-hosts and moderators, and confections can be gifted during a stream. A customisable Be Right Back screen and reconnection notices handle the bumps.
WebMobileAPIv2.9.5 — Podcast polish, a fuller mobile composer & community updates
Podcasts feel finished on every platform, with consistent player controls, easier transcripts, and chapters and seasons. The mobile composer catches up with background presets and form templates, Community gains suggested poets, and sign-in errors finally say what went wrong.
WebMobileAPIv2.5.0 — Podcasts & Live Performances
Two big new ways to share your voice — Podcast Hubs with episodes, and Live Performances with scheduling, reactions, and moderation.
WebMobileAPIv2.4.5 — Social links & editable replies
Add your links to your profile, and fix a reply after you post it. This release also lays the groundwork for podcasts and live performances, which are introduced in v2.5.0.
WebMobileAPIModerationv2.2.0 — Safer publishing, a Submission Tracker & accessibility settings
Public poems now come with clearer choices: search-engine indexing stays off unless you turn it on, and you confirm before posting publicly. This release also adds a Submission Tracker for poems you send to journals, new accessibility settings, and richer notification controls.
WebMobileAPIModerationv2.0.0 — Badges, Sign in with Apple & scheduled poems
Version 2.0 brings badges that celebrate what you do on Stanza, Sign in with Apple on every platform, and scheduled poems. It also adds email from Stanza, including a welcome note, follow emails and a weekly digest, along with smoother confections and fixes for sign-in and notifications.
WebMobileAPIModerationv1.0.0 — Stanza launches
Stanza, The Land of Poets, opens its doors as a home for poetry, written and spoken. Read on the Stage, react with three reactions made for poems, and write alongside others in your circles, with safety tools built in from day one.
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