Poe is often considered the first well-known American to try to make a living by writing alone. However, at the time most publishers simply reprinted British works because it was cheaper than paying American writers for new stories. However, this didn’t deter Poe from writing. By the early 1830s he’d published three books of poetry and had his short stories printed in various periodicals. In 1833, he won an award from the Baltimore Saturday Visitor for his short story, “MS. Found in a Bottle.” This earned him some attention and led to an editor’s position at a Richmond periodical. Poe claimed that the paper’s circulation increased from 700 to 3,400 during his tenure, in which he published poems, book reviews, critiques, and short stories. It was also during this time that he married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm.