Press Kit
Stanza, The Land of Poets
Stanza is the social home for poetry. Poets write and share text and spoken word, react with Cheers, Encores and Tomatoes, build Inner Circles and Organizations, run Open Calls, host Live readings and Podcasts, and gift poems as Confections. Available on iOS, Android, and the web from LyCan Creative Inc.
At a glance
- Product
- Stanza (Stanza Ink)
- Company
- LyCan Creative Inc.
- Category
- Poetry social platform
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
- Price
- Free, with Stanza Pro
- Based in
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Brand assets
Reaction marks
Stanza has no like button. Readers answer a poem with one of three reactions and carry it further with one of three actions. The six marks are one drawn set, on a 24-unit grid at a uniform live area, used on every surface where those concepts appear.
- CheerApplause. The everyday yes — unlimited, and the one most readers reach for.SVG — Cheer mark, inkPNG — Cheer mark, ink, 512pxFor dark — Cheer mark, cream, SVG
- EncoreRead it again. Deliberately scarce — eight a month (fifteen with Stanza Pro), and taking one back does not return it.SVG — Encore mark, inkPNG — Encore mark, ink, 512pxFor dark — Encore mark, cream, SVG
- TomatoThe old theatre gesture, kept on purpose. A genuine negative signal, not another degree of approval.SVG — Tomato mark, inkPNG — Tomato mark, ink, 512pxFor dark — Tomato mark, cream, SVG
- ReplyA response on the poem, or a note in its margin.SVG — Reply mark, inkPNG — Reply mark, ink, 512pxFor dark — Reply mark, cream, SVG
- RepostCarry a poem to your own followers.SVG — Repost mark, inkPNG — Repost mark, ink, 512pxFor dark — Repost mark, cream, SVG
- ShareSend a poem out of Stanza.SVG — Share mark, inkPNG — Share mark, ink, 512pxFor dark — Share mark, cream, SVG
Supplied as SVG and transparent PNG (256px and 512px) in ink and cream. Reproduce them in coverage of Stanza without alteration. The Cheer and Reply marks are Phosphor Icons’ hands-clapping and pen-nib, used under the MIT licence, and are not original Stanza marks — see LICENSE.txt, which must accompany any copy of those files.


