Maggie Ginsberg is an award-winning freelance writer based outside of Madison, Wisconsin and a vetted member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) since 2010; Senior Contributor and monthly Innovation columnist for Madison Magazine; travel scout and writer for Midwest Living magazine; co-author of Wisconsin: A Tradition of Innovation (with Mary Erpenbach); and regular contributor to national, regional and city publications. 

• 2019 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism awards, Best Long Hard Feature Story, Gold, for The Person They Were Meant to Be cover story in Madison Magazine
• 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism awards, Best Public Service Story, Silver, with The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, for Facing the Truth Behind the Statistics cover story in Madison Magazine
• 2017 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism awards, Best Long Hard Feature Story (silver) for To Be Muslim in Madison cover story in Madison Magazine
• 2017 ASJA Excellence in Reporting winner from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for Out of the Shadows cover story in Madison Magazine
• 2017 National City and Regional Magazine (Finalist) in the Civic Journalism category for Out of the Shadows cover story in Madison Magazine
• 2016 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism awards, Best Long Feature Story (bronze) for Out of the Shadows cover story in Madison Magazine
• 2015 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism awards, Best Multi-Story Coverage of a Single Event (silver) for The Days After the Tony Robinson shooting in Madison Magazine
• 2015 NCDJ Notable Entry Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability for Wheeling and Dealing cover story on accessibility
• 2014 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism awards, Best Long Feature Story (silver) for a Madison Magazine cover story on heroin
• 2008 International Regional Magazine Awards (IRMA), Profiles (silver) for Iditarod Trailblazer in Wisconsin Trails Magazine 
• 2008 International Regional Magazine Awards (IRMA) General Features (Gold) for Mission: Mississippi in Wisconsin Trails Magazine
• 2006 Wisconsin Newspaper Association award for a feature on U.S.S. Indianapolis survivor Florian Stamm