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Steven Robert Heine is a Salem, Oregon poet. In 1978 he became the first author to appear at the Oregon State Fair when he rented a table in a commercial area to sell  his books. Today, he continues to wear the title of 'The First Author of the Oregon State Fair'. He sold his poetry books at the Oregon State Fair from 1978-1981, a time when he also appeared on stage four times. Inspired by the success, Heine launched the Oregon Literary Council which brought many literary groups into a single entity. With that 'The Oregon Author's Festival' was born in 1985. The Festival and Council died deeply in debt only one year later. Just before the 1986 Oregon Author's Festival, Heine suffered a severe back injury. The Festival went on but did not go well.

In 1988 Steven Robert Heine had an idea to bring a poetry contest to the Oregon State Fair. The poetry contest was such a success that it has been modeled at State and county fairs throughout Oregon and around the World. Heine himself wrote a nationally published article in 2000 on 'How to set up poetry contests at fairs. In the last decades several State and county fairs have given out the 'Steven Robert Heine Award' to poets entering their poetry. Heine continues, when asked to serve as a poetry judge for fairs.

In 2007 Steven Robert Heine published A HISTORY OF THE OREGON STATE FAIR. Heine had been trained as a historian while attending Portland State University. The book became the 1st of two history books Heine would write. The other was A HISTORY OF SAINT VINCENT'S PARISH & SCHOOL 2015.

In 2009 while appearing at the Oregon Author's Table at the Oregon State Fair, Steven Robert Heine, together another Northwest author, brought Oregon authors and poets on stage at the Oregon State Fair. To date he has produced more than 60 live author shows for the Fair. Including shows that had some light comedy routines.

In 2011 while working on his second history book, Steven Robert Heine suffered a fall that left him crippled for life. Today, after several major surgeries and months in rehabilitation, Heine continues to write but remains in serious pain and is barely able to walk. Still in 2015 he was able to complete two new books: A HISTORY OF SAINT VINCENTS PARISH AND SCHOOL and SEVEN KEYS TO BETTER HEALTH, a health book.

BREAKING NEWS: After six major surgeries and six hospitalizations in recent years, the Oregon Retirement System is taking action to make major cuts in the small monthly pension of disabled poet and author Steven Robert Heine. Your donations below can help him keep writing and keep his work alive!

PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING - It will help this disabled Poet continue his work & touch lives! We also hope donations will help us develop this site as a resource for Wyoming poets.

Steven Robert Heine has created this site as a public service to the people and poets of Wyoming. He is retired and lives on a small pension as he continues to write and promote poetry and health issues. He was badly crippled in a fall in 2011 and today lives in a great deal of pain. He is barely able to walk. It takes considerable effort for him just to walk in the next room or get the mail. Still there are books he has not yet written and lives that need to be touched. The story of Steven Robert Heine is a story of incredible courage that you can be part of. If you would like to directly donate to support the work of this amazing author, PLEASE DONATE BELOW. And thank you in advance!