diff --git a/contrib/debian/changelog b/contrib/debian/changelog
index 131627614..f5e93234b 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/changelog
+++ b/contrib/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+zcash (1.0.13~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * 1.0.13-rc1 release.
+
+ -- Zcash Company <team@z.cash>  Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:02:21 +0000
+
 zcash (1.0.12) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * 1.0.12 release.
diff --git a/doc/authors.md b/doc/authors.md
index ce6dc0e9f..b57e6e8ad 100644
--- a/doc/authors.md
+++ b/doc/authors.md
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 Zcash Contributors
 ==================
 
-Jack Grigg (470)
-Simon Liu (274)
-Sean Bowe (188)
+Jack Grigg (506)
+Simon Liu (281)
+Sean Bowe (193)
 Daira Hopwood (102)
+Wladimir J. van der Laan (65)
 Taylor Hornby (65)
-Wladimir J. van der Laan (61)
 Nathan Wilcox (56)
-Jay Graber (49)
+Jay Graber (50)
 Jonas Schnelli (48)
 Kevin Gallagher (38)
 Pieter Wuille (16)
-Cory Fields (15)
+Cory Fields (16)
 nomnombtc (9)
 Paige Peterson (9)
 fanquake (5)
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ Karl-Johan Alm (4)
 Jeff Garzik (4)
 David Mercer (4)
 Daniel Cousens (4)
+Ariel Gabizon (4)
 lpescher (3)
 kozyilmaz (3)
 Pavel Janík (3)
-Ariel Gabizon (3)
+João Barbosa (3)
 Alfie John (3)
 str4d (2)
 paveljanik (2)
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ aniemerg (2)
 Scott (2)
 Robert C. Seacord (2)
 Luke Dashjr (2)
-João Barbosa (2)
 Joe Turgeon (2)
+Jason Davies (2)
 Jack Gavigan (2)
 ITH4Coinomia (2)
 Gavin Andresen (2)
@@ -73,20 +74,22 @@ Leo Arias (1)
 Lars-Magnus Skog (1)
 Kevin Pan (1)
 Jorge Timón (1)
+Jonathan "Duke" Leto (1)
 Jeffrey Walton (1)
-Jason Davies (1)
 Ian Kelling (1)
 Gaurav Rana (1)
 Forrest Voight (1)
 Florian Schmaus (1)
 Ethan Heilman (1)
 Eran Tromer (1)
+Duke Leto (1)
 Daniel Kraft (1)
 Christian von Roques (1)
 Chirag Davé (1)
 Casey Rodarmor (1)
 Cameron Boehmer (1)
 Bryan Stitt (1)
+Bruno Arueira (1)
 Boris Hajduk (1)
 Bob McElrath (1)
 Bitcoin Error Log (1)
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-1.0.13-rc1.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-1.0.13-rc1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f6056470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-1.0.13-rc1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+Changelog
+=========
+
+Ariel Gabizon (1):
+      boost::format -> tinyformat
+
+Bruno Arueira (1):
+      Removes out bitcoin mention in favor for zcash
+
+Cory Fields (1):
+      httpserver: explicitly detach worker threads
+
+Duke Leto (1):
+      Update performance-measurements.sh
+
+Jack Grigg (36):
+      Squashed 'src/snark/' content from commit 9ada3f8
+      Add libsnark compile flag to not copy DEPINST to PREFIX
+      Add Ansible playbook for grind workers
+      Add connections in BIP65 and BIP66 tests to the test manager
+      Add benchmark for listunspent
+      [Test] MiniNode: Implement JSDescription parsing
+      [Test] MiniNode: Implement v2 CTransaction parsing
+      [Test] MiniNode: Implement Zcash block parsing
+      [Test] MiniNode: Update protocol version and network magics
+      [Test] MiniNode: Use Zcash PoW
+      [Test] MiniNode: Fix coinbase creation
+      [Test] MiniNode: Coerce OP_PUSHDATA bytearrays to bytes
+      [Test] MiniNode: Implement Zcash coinbase
+      Fix BIP65 and BIP66 tests
+      Un-indent RPC test output in test runner
+      Replace full-test-suite.sh with a new test suite driver script
+      Move ensure-no-dot-so-in-depends.py into full_test_suite.py
+      Move check-security-hardening.sh into full_test_suite.py
+      Add memory benchmark for validatelargetx
+      Migrate libsnark test code to Google Test
+      Remove test code corresponding to removed code
+      Add alt_bn128 to QAP and Merkle tree gadget tests
+      Update libsnark LDLIBS
+      Add "make check" to libsnark that runs the Google Tests
+      Add "make libsnark-tests" that runs libsnark's "make check"
+      Changes to get test_r1cs_ppzksnark passing
+      Add bitcoin-util-test.py to full_test_suite.py
+      Add stdout notice if any stage fails
+      Add libsnark to "make clean"
+      Ensure that libsnark is built first, so its headers are available
+      Remove OpenSSL libraries from libsnark LDLIBS
+      Add libsnark tests to full_test_suite.py
+      Add --list-stages argument to full_test_suite.py
+      Fix NPE in rpc_wallet_tests
+      make-release.py: Versioning changes for 1.0.13-rc1.
+      make-release.py: Updated manpages for 1.0.13-rc1.
+
+Jason Davies (1):
+      Replace "bitcoin" with "Zcash".
+
+Jay Graber (1):
+      s/zcash/Zcash
+
+Jonathan "Duke" Leto (1):
+      Fix bug where performance-measurements.sh fails hards when given no args
+
+João Barbosa (1):
+      Improve shutdown process
+
+Sean Bowe (5):
+      Remove libsnark from depends system and integrate it into build system.
+      Remove crusty old "loadVerifyingKey"/"loadProvingKey" APIs and associated invariants.
+      Refactor proof generation function.
+      Add streaming prover.
+      Integrate low memory prover.
+
+Simon Liu (7):
+      Replace 'bitcoin address' with 'zcash address'.
+      Closes #2639. z_shieldcoinbase is now supported, no longer experimental.
+      Closes #2263 fixing broken pipe error.
+      Closes #2576. Update link to security info on z.cash website.
+      Closes #2639. Adds optional limit parameter with a default value of 50.
+      Fix an issue where qa test wallet_shieldcoinbase could hang.
+      Add payment disclosure as experimental feature.
+
+Wladimir J. van der Laan (4):
+      Make HTTP server shutdown more graceful
+      http: Wait for worker threads to exit
+      http: Force-exit event loop after predefined time
+      http: speed up shutdown
+