NYSOMA is looking for creative ideas for next years pins.
You don't need to be an artist, any old sketch will do and our graphic designer will turn your idea into finished artwork.
We would like ideas for pin sets; problem pin sets or other pins that go together and will be hot traders at World Finals. Single pin ideas are also welcomed!
News about New York's successes at the 2023 World Finals and a call for designs for next years New York pins.
At the recent World Finals in Michigan New York had 2 World Champions and a record-breaking 15 top-six finishes!
This year we had a lot of new teams, experiencing World Finals for the first time but congratulations to the whole of Team New York, you make us all so proud!
1st: Place Problem 1 Division 3 Vestal HS Team A, Vestal
1st Place Problem 3 Division 3: Goshen HS, Goshen
2nd Place Problem 1 Division 3: Geneseo Middle/High School, Geneseo
2nd Place Problem 2 Division 3: Vestal HS, Vestal
2nd Place Problem 3 Division 2: Long Beach Middle School, Long Beach
3rd Place Problem 3 Division 3: American Civic Association, Binghamton
3rd Place Problem 5 Division 3: Fairport HS, Fairport
4th Place Problem 2 Division 2: Pittsford MS, Pittsford
4th Place Problem 4 Division 1: State Street Elementary School, Skaneateles
4th Place Problem 5 Division 3: Galway Jr/Sr High School, Galway
5th Place Problem 1 Division 1: State Street Elementary, Skaneateles
5th Place Problem 1 Division 3: Johnstown Jr/Sr High School, Johnstown
6th Place Problem 2 Division 2: Warwick Middle School, Warwick
6th Place Problem 2 Division 2: Long Beach Middle School, Long Beach
6th Place Problem 2 Division 3: Broadalbin-Perth Jr/Sr High School, Broadalbin
See the detailed scores and where every New York team placed at
Check out photos uploaded by Team NY at www.nyodyssey.org/wf-photo-gallery
For teams attending World Finals, pin trading is a bigger thing than you can ever imagine, until you have seen it for yourself.
Check out the OM pin trading page https://www.facebook.com/groups/191435979893/ for what was popular this year.
Calling people who traded this year, what were the most sought-after pins?
Every year NYSOMA tries to come up with new pins that people will want to keep, and to trade.
Getting ready for World Finals, encouraging teams to submit photos about their WF journey, the NY World Finals pin, a chance to win every State's pins in the COU pin sweepstakes, a fantastic TV news piece on State Finals from a former OMER, and a first look at next year's long-term problem synopses.
Team New York has a record 49 teams heading to East Lansing, MI for this year's World Finals.
They are all being encouraged to share photos from their journey, life on campus, and of course from their performances.
Photos can be submitted here.
All photos will be featured in a World Finals gallery on the NY Odyssey website.
This year New York has come together with California to create a World Finals pin that is in two halves. New York teams have the NY half, and California teams have the CA half.
Putting them together reveals a message – if your eyesight is good enough, that is!
As part of this venture, 23 NY teams have a CA buddy team, allowing them to make new friends and trade pins to get the complete set.
These pins are a limited edition and are sure to be highly sought after!!
Creative Opportunities Unlimited (COU) has collected official state and country pins from associations all over the United States and around the globe to create four sets of World Finals pins.
Four lucky winners will be randomly drawn from all sweepstakes entries to be the recipients of these collector's items! No purchase is necessary, but you can get additional entries if you donate to COU.
This Odyssey of the Mind booster association supports teams around the world with scholarships for individual OMers and grants that help member associations around the world bring the Odyssey of the Mind program to more students.
Entry available until: June 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm MST
Drawing date: July 10, 2023 at 11:59 pm MST
Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
Danyell Monk is a student reporter at Syracuse University. She was in Odyssey of the Mind for 7 years, going to New York State Finals all 7 years and world finals 3 times. She states, “OM is something I am extremely passionate about and some of the best memories of my life have come from it.”
When Danyell saw that State Finals were happening right here in Syracuse on April 15, she knew it was an amazing opportunity to do a TV news story on something she cares so strongly about. During her time in Odyssey of the Mind, Danyell noticed how few people outside of the world of OM understand how much work teams, coaches, parents, and judges put into competing and performing and what an amazing community OMers are.
