Madison Ellingsworth is a writer living in Portland, Maine. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Southern Maine in December 2021. Madison has also been a non-matriculated student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and the Wigtown School of Writing in Wigtown, Scotland.

Madison is the 2026 Maine Literary Award Winner for Short Fiction. Her debut chapbook, “Seven Stories,” was published by Sand and Gravel Press in March of 2026. In 2025, she was a Best of the Net nominee, and a finalist in the Lucky Jefferson Poetry and Prose Contest. Two of Madison’s short stories were included in an anthology published by Littoral Books, titled Positivity Bias: Maine Writers, Defiantly Happy Endings, which was released in October of 2025. In 2024, Madison was the Joy of the Pen Nonfiction Honorable Mention.

Madison’s stories have been published in dozens of magazines and journals, including Fractured Lit, Ghost Parachute, West Trade Review, Lunch Ticket, Bending Genres, Apple Valley Review, and Flash Fiction Online. She has work forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal, BULL, and Zooscape.

As an editor, Madison has worked for NonBinary Review, Kitchen Table Quarterly, Littoral Books, and Maine Coast Life. She currently writes audiobook reviews for Kirkus (formerly AudioFile Magazine). When she is not typing at her computer, Madison can be found in the ceramics studio, on the trails, and traveling abroad.

Madison is registered on Find Maine Writers and can also be found on Instagram: @madisonellingsworth. 

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