diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index ecb19385825e44beea967ded4840caf9aab9fa1d..36d9691219120f5f7e41c7e8e32daef2eb6215db 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 - [ ] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
 - [ ] I have added tests to cover my changes.
 - [ ] All new and existing tests passed.
-- [ ] I have added myself to the [AUTHORS.rst](https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/blob/dev/AUTHORS.rst) document.
+- [ ] I have added myself to the [.zenodo.json](https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/blob/dev/.zenodo.json) document.
 - [ ] I have added any user impacting changes to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/blob/dev/CHANGELOG.md) document.
 
 ## Licensing
diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 0c6f935d186e223ba31f3028b90409449cb2606e..45a7fba1ece6e0f90c5369165be23b0338936a5c 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "Addair, Travis"
-    },
+    }
   ],
   "title": "Integrated Software for Imageers and Spectrometers",
   "description": "A software library and set of tools to support ingestions, processing, and analysis of planetary science data.",
diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 93b262096aa9e8b59b0b2274e4148404c5f89bbf..9040c3485efe317b2bea7fb0f6a8a6ee89dbf4cc 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -1,68 +1,64 @@
 ISIS3 Contributors
 ==================
 
-- Aaron Curtis 
-- Adam Goins 
-- Adam Paquette 
-- Andrew Annex 
-- Andrew Stebenne 
-- Austin Sanders 
-- B. Seignovert 
-- Christopher Austin  
-- Christopher Ryan Combs Jr 
-- Cole Neubauer 
-- Curtis Rose 
-- David Miller 
-- Debbie Cook 
-- Ella Mae Lee 
-- Elpitha Howington-Kraus 
+- Jason Laura
+- Jesse Mapel
+- Kristin Berry
+- Kaitlyn Lee
+- Kelvin Rodriguez
+- Stuart Sides
+- Adam Paquette
+- Kaj Williams
+- Austin Sanders
+- Lauren Adoram-Kershner
+- John Shinaman
+- Lynn Weller
+- Evin Dunn
+- Tim Giroux
+- Tracie Sucharski
+- Jeanie Backer
+- Adam Goins
+- Makayla Shepard
+- Christopher Combs
+- Debbie Cook
+- Kris Becker
+- Summer Stapleton
+- Cole Neubauer
+- Tyler Wilson
+- Aaron Giroux
+- Moses Milazzo
+- Ross Beyer
+- Elpitha Howington-Kraus
+- Kenneth Edmundson
+- Raad Saleh
+- Oleg Alexandrov
+- Aaron Curtis
 - Eric Gault
-- Eric Hyer 
-- Evin Dunn 
-- Ian Humphrey 
-- Jac Shinaman 
-- Jai Rideout 
-- James Alexander Crough 
-- Janet Barrett 
-- Jason Laura 
-- Jeannie Backer 
-- Jeff Anderson 
-- Jeffrey Covington 
-- Jesse Mapel 
-- John Bonn 
-- Kaitlyn Lee 
-- Kaj E Williams  
-- Kelvin Rodriguez 
-- Ken Edmundson 
-- Kim Oyama  
-- Kris Becker 
-- Kristin Berry 
-- Lauren Adoram-Kershner  
-- Lynn Weller 
-- Mackenzie Boyd 
-- Makayla Shepherd 
-- Marjorie Hahn 
-- Mathew Eis 
-- Michael Aye 
-- Moses Milazzo 
-- Oleg Alexandrov 
-- Orrin Thomas 
-- Peter Giroux 
-- Raad A. Saleh 
-- Ross Beyer 
-- Sasha Brownsberger 
-- Sharmilla Prasad 
-- Steven Lambright 
-- Stuart Sides 
-- Summer Stapleton 
-- Timothy Giroux
-- Tracie Sucharski 
-- Travis Addair 
-- Tyler Wilson 
-- Victor Silva 
+- Andrew Annex
+- Victor Silva
+- Benoit Seignovert
+- Andrew Stebenne
+- Christopher Austin
+- Curtis Rose
+- David Miller
+- Ella Mae Lee
+- Eric Heyer
+- Ian Humphrey
+- Jai Rideout
+- James Alexander Crough
+- Janet Barrett
+- Jeff Anderson
+- Jeffrey Covington
+- John Bonn
+- Kim Oyama
+- Mackenzie Boyd
+- Marjorie Hahn
+- Mathew Eis
+- Orrin Thomas
+- Sasha Brownsberger
+- Sharmilla Prasad
+- Steven Lambright
+- Travis Addair
 
 -----
-This list was initially generated using this bash command (additional manual edits are needed):
-
-git log --pretty="- %an %n" | sort | uniq -i >> AUTHORS.rst
-
+This list was generated from the .zenodo.json file by running python zenodo_to_authors.py.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f68591f556f0d545a58b0a9b243263fe41fdec91..b7fd2b715cb9ceeb2b9bde0d42e7050169ae97b9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ In the case of an objection being raised in a pull request by another committer,
 committers should seek to arrive at a consensus by way of addressing concerns being expressed
 by discussion, compromise on the proposed change, or withdrawal of the proposed change.
 
-When making a contribution for the first time, please add your name to the Authors.rst file **and** the `.zenodo.json file.` We strongly recommend adding your affiliation and ORCiD to the `zenodo.json` file. These additions only have to happen once.
+When making a contribution for the first time, please add your name to the `.zenodo.json file.` We strongly recommend adding your affiliation and ORCiD to the `zenodo.json` file. These additions only have to happen once.
 
 # Becoming a Committer
 
diff --git a/isis/scripts/zenodo_to_authors.py b/isis/scripts/zenodo_to_authors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b4410eacf9c6243acea1a9af82d252ddf9864805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isis/scripts/zenodo_to_authors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Uses a .zenodo.json file to generate an AUTHORS.rst file. 
+
+import os
+import argparse
+import json
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Generate an AUTHORS.rst file from a .zenodo.json file")
+parser.add_argument("zenodo_input_file", type=str, help="The file path to the .zenodo.json file.")
+parser.add_argument("authors_output_file", type=str, help="The path for the output AUTHORS.rst file.")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+zenodo_path = args.zenodo_input_file
+authors_path = args.authors_output_file
+
+# Read .zenodo.json file:
+try: 
+  with open(zenodo_path, 'r') as zenodo_file:
+    parsed_json = json.load(zenodo_file)
+except: 
+  print("{} could not be read as the input file.".format(zenodo_path))
+  raise
+
+output_lines = ["ISIS3 Contributors", "==================\n"]
+
+for elt in parsed_json['creators']:
+  name = elt['name']
+  last, first = name.split(",")
+  output_lines.append("- {} {}".format(first.strip(),last.strip()))
+
+output_lines.append("\n-----")
+output_lines.append("This list was generated from the .zenodo.json file by running python zenodo_to_authors.py.")
+
+# Write to AUTHORS.rst file
+try:
+  with open(authors_path, 'w') as authors_file:
+    authors_file.write('\n'.join(output_lines))
+except:
+  print("{} could not be opened as the output file.".format(authors_path))
+  raise
+