OYPS Project

Ottawa's award-winning poetry slam series focused on youth under 20. Our motto is expansion - engagement - exposure.

[OYPS Project @ottawayps]

@emmakblanche do u know @nwainwright22 tweeted "Petite is starting to sound a lot like weak" you go girl!" during last night's #biglecture

[OYPS Project @ottawayps]

@HaneenAlhassoun 's 'Child Soldier' Poem sending spine chills to listeners at last night's #biglecture

[ArRayOf WoRds @ArRay_of_woRds]

@ottawayps ripped it up at the #biglecture! Thanks Awad for having us

[ArRayOf WoRds @ArRay_of_woRds]

@kwall613 tweeted: "Spine = chills. Wow." during @HaneenAlhassoun 's 'Child Soldier' Poem for @ottawayps at last night's #biglecture

[Bala Athletics @BalaAthletics]

Women dropping spitting fire on the mike" #biglecture

[hannah @hanmaryjac]

#biglecture

[Prufrock @PrufrockMc]

Array of words talkin to the next generation of teachers........ #biglecture

[hannah @hanmaryjac]

Stoked for spoken word in the #biglecture

[ArRayOf WoRds @ArRay_of_woRds]

@KelseyCMS was Live tweeting the lecture last night, & was blown away by the galz of @ottawayps #YCS13 #biglecture #slampoetry #illiteracies

[HOW DO YOU MANIFEST? @iLiveManifest]

RT @EddyDaoriginal1: @idjmanifest YOU ARE BEAST ON THOSE TURNTABLES #SlamTario afterparty « Thank ya sir! Had fun :)

[ArRayOf WoRds @ArRay_of_woRds]

STANDING OVATION FOR #OYPS Slam Team #OMSSALS

[OYPS Project @ottawayps]

#OYPS Slam Team lighting up the stage #OMSSALS

[OYPS Project @ottawayps]

@AlexMunsterCHEO providing educational Spoken Word for every1 at #OMSSALS. w/ @ottawayps #OYPS SlamTeam. Awesome momentum video! #shirtless

[OYPS Project @ottawayps]

Biting Midge calls out the root of our fear & unflinchingly lays it bare. The judges respond with scores from 9.4 to 9.7! #oyps