NY Odyssey of the Mind

Welcome to New York Odyssey !

For over 40 years, New York State Odyssey of the Mind Association, Inc. (NYSOMA), a 501(c)3 organization, has offered the Odyssey of the Mind (OM™) program to New York students. A creative problem solving program, OM encourages divergent thinking as teams use creativity and teamwork to solve unique problems. OM brings the classroom to life as students apply what they learn and combine it with their interests and passions. OM emphasizes teamwork, budgeting, time management, public speaking, and so much more!

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What's New?

Alert! Program Guide Changes

Changes for 2022-2023 1. Chapter II Under School Memberships: One item deleted in the following sentence: Furthermore, each team is...

Apply for a 2023 NYSOMA Scholarship!

Open now for applications. Calling all High School Seniors, and 1st year College students get your creative juices flowing and win a...

Problems 2 & 3 have New Clarifications!

On Oct 25th Odyssey HQ issued some new clarifications for Problems 2 and 3. Problem 2: Because iCan B7c – The action “uncover something”...

Reserve your Hotel for State Finals now!

NYSOMA has reserved blocks of rooms for Teams attending State Finals. To view details, prices and cut off dates visit the Team Hotels...

New Problem 4 Clarification

October 6, 2022 B7 – The three required structure components: To qualify for scoring, each of the three required structure components...

More Spontaneous Resources

Check out our new Mini Challenges! OK, so maybe you don't want to do a full challenge, but want to do a few warm-up activities or maybe...

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Albert Einstein

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