What was the name of the magazine that first published Poe's prize-winning story 'MS. Found in a Bottle'?

The magazine that first published Poe’s prize-winning story “MS. Found in a Bottle” was the Baltimore Saturday Visiter.

Poe submitted the story to a writing contest sponsored by the Baltimore Saturday Visiter in 1833. The judges—John Pendleton Kennedy, James Henry Miller, and John H. B. Latrobe—unanimously selected it for its originality. Poe received the contest’s $50 prize, and the story appeared in the Visiter’s October 19, 1833, issue.

The title refers to the manuscript written by the story’s unnamed narrator, who records his terrifying experiences at sea and casts the account into the ocean. The tale combines adventure, maritime mystery, and supernatural terror, themes that would recur throughout Poe’s fiction.

A common mix-up comes from later reprints. The story was republished in The Gift, an annual gift book, in 1836, and Poe’s later association with the Southern Literary Messenger can also blur the timeline. The Visiter, however, holds the distinction of publishing the original prize-winning version. Its contest was an important early break for Poe and helped establish him as a professional writer.