ICON @ Dallas Poetry Slam
What: WordSpace @ Dallas Poetry Slam
When: Friday, April 15, 8 pm
Where: Heroes Lounge, 7402 Greenville Avenue
Hosted by: GNO, Candy and Rockbaby for Dallas Poetry Slam
SHA’CONDRIA “iCON” SIBLEY is a nationally-acclaimed, award-winning, viral sensation poet/spoken word artist/performer whose individual titles include 2009 LIPS (Louisiana Individual Poetry Slam) Champion, 2014 Bayou City Slam Co-Champion, 2015 Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam Indie Runner-Up; and she recently became the first woman to ever win the largest poetry competition in Texas, the 2015 Texas Grand Slam as well as the winner of the first ever 2015 Rouge Roulette regional poetry slam. She is a founding member of two-time National Poetry Slam Champion team, Team SNO (Slam New Orleans), and she also featured on the third season of the NAACP Award-nominated, national hit TV show, Verses and Flow (TV One). Her work has been acknowledged and featured on various viral sites such as Upworthy, For Harriet, Fusion, The Washington Post, and Huffington Post. In addition to her many accolades, iCon is a teaching artist and founder of The Little Girls Big Names Project.
