Stanza is growing — and staying free. • A free, ad-supported experience with you in control: ads are non-personalized by default, and you can manage personalized ads anytime in Settings › Privacy. Prefer none? Stanza Pro is ad-free. • New privacy controls, including "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information." • Stronger safety — clearer community and child-safety standards plus easy in-app reporting. • Sponsored posts from organizations, always clearly labeled — and you can react to and discuss them like any other post. • In-app announcements from the Stanza team — including notices for specific poets, podcasts, and live channels. • Show or hide your password when signing in. • Polish & fixes, including a cleaner critique layout on iPad/tablet and a smoother feed. Thank you for being part of the Land of Poets.

Organization profiles got a refresh: • A clear View mode so you won't accidentally change your settings,with an Edit mode for when you do. • A new Library hub and cleaner, simpler navigation. More ways to be recognized: • 17 new badges that award automatically as you take part in the community. Fixes & improvements: • The mobile notification setting for "email me even when there are no updates" now saves correctly. • Behind-the-scenes privacy and security improvements, plus stability and performance fixes.

New: the Library. Everything Stanza now lives in one place — your tools, writing spaces, community, and inbox — organized into clear sections so you can find anything in a tap. The bottom bar is leaner (Stage, Discover, Compose, Library, Alerts), and the new Library holds the rest, including your Organization Requests. Starting a podcast or going live is smoother too: Stanza now takes you straight to the right next step, and helps you set up streaming the first time. We also fixed scheduled posts: a poem you schedule for later now appears on your stage and in search the moment it publishes, just like posting normally. Also in recent updates: Organization Publishing. Organizations can publish and feature poems on behalf of their members, and when one wants to publish or sponsor your work you'll see it in a Requests inbox where you can accept or decline — always with clear credit to you. The editor is more reliable too: if the app is interrupted while you're writing, Stanza saves your work in the background and offers to restore your unsaved draft when you return. Plus accessibility improvements, security updates, and a range of stability fixes.

Stanza now runs on the desktop! This release brings the full Stanza experience to macOS, Windows, and Linux — plus major upgrades for writers and organizations everywhere. Stanza on Desktop A native desktop app with a spacious two-column layout, a collapsible sidebar, and grid views that make the most of a big screen. Browse the Stage, compose, manage your organization, and go live — all from your computer. Know your reach New analytics dashboards show how your work is performing — engagement over time, who's reading, and how people are reacting. Organizations get a dedicated dashboard covering audience, content, reactions, podcasts, and live sessions. A better home for organizations A redesigned organization settings experience: separate public and private contact emails, social links, membership and visibility controls, brand theming, expanded genre tags, and inline verification. Apply for organization or creator verification right from the app. Live, refined Cleaner channel pages, improved replay and ended-session views, clearer messaging when a recording isn't available, and smoother navigation throughout live performances. Email digests, your way Choose how often you hear from us — daily, weekly, every two weeks, or monthly — and decide whether to receive a digest even on quiet weeks with no new updates. Safer and smoother Clear confirmation prompts before any destructive action, a new Standard/Advanced toggle in the editor, better readability in custom dark themes, and a redesigned Circles hub and Lists experience. Plus dozens of performance improvements, accessibility fixes, and polish across the app.

Stanza now runs on the desktop! This release brings the full Stanza experience to macOS, Windows, and Linux, plus major upgrades for writers and organizations everywhere. Stanza on Desktop A native desktop app with a spacious two-column layout, a collapsible sidebar, and grid views that make the most of a big screen. Browse the Stage, compose, manage your organization, and go live — all from your computer. Know your reach New analytics dashboards show how your work is performing — engagement over time, who's reading, and how people are reacting. Organizations get a dedicated dashboard covering audience, content, reactions, podcasts, and live sessions. A better home for organizations A redesigned organization settings experience: separate public and private contact emails, social links, membership and visibility controls, brand theming, expanded genre tags, and inline verification. Apply for organization or creator verification right from the app. Live, refined Cleaner channel pages, improved replay and ended-session views, clearer messaging when a recording isn't available, and smoother navigation throughout live performances. Email digests, your way Choose how often you hear from us — daily, weekly, every two weeks, or monthly — and decide whether to receive a digest even on quiet weeks with no new updates. Safer and smoother Clear confirmation prompts before any destructive action, a new Standard/Advanced toggle in the editor, better readability in custom dark themes, and a redesigned Circles hub and Lists experience. Plus dozens of performance improvements, accessibility fixes, and polish across the app.

This update introduces custom fonts, a redesigned profile editor, and new ways to discover and read on Stanza. Custom Fonts Add a font to your profile from over 1,400 Google Fonts, or upload your own file (TTF, OTF, or WOFF). Your chosen font appears on all your submissions when readers view them. Manage your font collection from Settings → Appearance. Profile Editor Redesign Your profile settings are now organised into three focused sections: Identity (avatar, name, and bio), On the Web (social links), and Discovery (handle and visibility). Social links are draggable — reorder them freely and set each one to Public, Followers Only, or Only Me. Stage Format A new reading experience for Stanza. Switch between Stage and list view in any feed to read submissions the way you prefer. Organisation Hub A dedicated discovery page for finding organisations and open calls. Organisation pages now feature clean, shareable links. Show/Hide Replies Control whether replies from other users appear on your profile page. Toggle the setting directly from your profile settings. Automatic Text Direction Text direction is now set automatically based on the language of your submission, with full right-to-left support for Arabic, and more.

Improved Two-Factor Authentication Add an extra layer of protection to your account. Enroll an authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, etc.) from Account Settings → Security. You'll receive one-time backup codes at enrollment. Save them somewhere safe for account recovery. Account Lockout After 5 consecutive failed login attempts, your account is temporarily locked for 15 minutes to protect against unauthorized access. Stronger Connection Security The app now pins our TLS certificate, keeping your connection to Stanza secure even on untrusted or public networks. Accessibility We've done a full accessibility sweep, improved screen reader support, focus indicators, keyboard navigation, and larger tap targets across the app to meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards. Easier Registration Entering your birth year during sign-up is now a simple text field. Performance Behind-the-scenes improvements to how we talk to our servers reduce latency for rate limiting and security checks. Bug fixes and stability improvements

Go Live from organizations and circles Improved accessibility and localization across the app New organization notifications and fixes Bug fixes and performance improvements

Reposts & Activity Center • Repost or quote-repost any poem to share it with your followers • New Activity Center — see all your recent interactions, reposts, and mentions in one place • Reply and repost counts now update live on the feed Age Verification • We now ask for your birth year and month at sign-up to keep the community safe • Accounts that haven't set an age will see a 30-day grace period before content creation is paused • Minor accounts are protected from mature content automatically Content Warnings • Authors can now tag their work with content warnings (grief, trauma, language, etc.) • Set your content preferences in Settings → Stage → Content to filter your feed Reactions • Reaction icons refreshed with new custom SVG artwork Bug fixes & polish • Various stability and performance improvements

Podcasts are now available on Stanza. Curated conversations with poets, spoken word artists, and literary voices worth hearing. Listen within the app, alongside your work and community.