A member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, Hunger Mountain is based in Montpelier, Vermont at The Vermont College of Fine Arts,[1] one of the top-ranked low residency MFA (Master of Fine Arts) programs in the country.

Hunger Mountain publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, young adult and children's writing, and visual art.

According to legend, a group of men who went hunting on this mountain always returned home hungry, having caught only one quail between them.

The journal was founded in 2002 by Caroline Mercurio and was made possible through a generous donation from a Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing alumnus.

The premiere issue, released in the fall of 2002, included work by Wally Lamb, Maxine Kumin, and an interview with Grace Paley.