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@badappledotgay.bsky.social

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Aotearoa’s tastiest queer arts and literature journal. Run completely on volunteer work.

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Closing tonight (Sunday!!!)

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

We extended our deadline for the bad apple WORLD TOUR! Now closes Sunday May 11 at midnight in your local timezone.

DEADLINE EXTENDED
Closes MAY 11 AT MIDNIGHT!

Attention LGBTQ+ folks of the world! New Zealand's largest platform for queer art and writing is open for submissions.

Submit your work to the bad apple
World Tour today!

Email worldtour@badapple.gay or follow the link in our bio for details!

Deadline Extended
CLOSES MAY 11 AT MIDNIGHT!

We're looking for art, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, video, photography, audio-basically anything that can be posted online we will try and make it work.

Successful submissions will be published online at badapple.gay in June for a special
International Pride collection.

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Ella Sage unpicks her own mind and the anxiety that has lurked in the corners of her psyche my whole life; she is in love with the art of freezing. badapple.gay/2025/04/02/c...

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We are almost there! Only a few hundred dollars to our goal with a week to go. If you’re able to throw even a few dollars to our Boosted it will be deeply appreciated! www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

In this response through personal essay, Nuanzhi Zheng stretches her thoughts on Xin Ji’s ‘Body Story’ to consider queerness, Chinese identity, family and whether the body truly keeps the score. badapple.gay/2025/03/31/b...

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Last week, Rebecca Mary Gwendolon had a raucous time at ‘Antonio!’—a musical that perhaps was made specifically for them. “It is a complex game they’re playing and this team didn’t once drop the ball.” badapple.gay/2025/03/26/a...

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Hannah Jamieson had the rare opportunity to sit down and learn about the art of reviewing from Sam Brooks. Here, she notes some takeaways. badapple.gay/2025/03/25/t...

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Holly Rowsell laments on the curvature of citrus fruits, the taste of coconut water and the smell of an old friend’s letters in this new poem ‘you’ve crept into everything!’. badapple.gay/2025/03/18/y...

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Pretty exciting and bonkers news today that ‘The Cyborg Manifucksto’ by @understatesmen.bsky.social that we published last year is a finalist in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for Best Production/Publication. It’s NSFW but you can read it here: badapple.gay/2024/10/25/t...

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The Cyborg Manifucksto – bad apple

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

... okay here it is, the essay I wrote about wanting to fuck a mech is up for a major award sffanz.nz/the-sir-juli... the essay itself, obviously not work safe, may be found here: badapple.gay/2024/10/25/t...

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Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists – 2025 – SFFANZ Inc

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

bad apple World Tour! Accepting submissions from international queer artists and writers for publication in June 2025. Deadline is April 30 2025. For details on how to submit head to badapple.gay/world-tour/

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bad apple @badappledotgay.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Pack your bags cos bad apple's circling the globe! We're ready for our very first experience abroad and inviting all our international besties to come on the bad apple WORLD TOUR.

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