EX-99.906CERT

Certification of Principal Executive Officer
  In connection with the Certified Shareholder Report of Ellsworth
Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (the "Company") on Form N-CSR for
the period ended September 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Thomas H. Dinsmore, Chairman
of the Board of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as
adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
   (1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
   (2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

Date: December 18,2003

/s/Thomas H. Dinsmore
Thomas H. Dinsmore
Chairman of the Board

  A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or
other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the
signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this
written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and
will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.


Certification of Principal Financial Officer
  In connection with the Certified Shareholder Report of Ellsworth
Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (the "Company") on Form N-CSR for the
period ended September 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Gary I. Levine, Vice President
and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as
adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
   (1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
   (2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

Date: December 18, 2003

/s/Gary I. Levine
Gary I. Levine
Vice President and Treasurer

  A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or
other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the
signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this
written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and
will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.