diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f2e52287..d6a3f7b4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Development release:
 
-  * _Example: Add XYZ support (#issue, @user)_
+  * [Unreleased Changes][9]
 
 ### Bug Fixes / Other Changes
   * add multizone/regional support to gcp (#765, @wwitzel3)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   * [CHANGELOG-0.4.md][2]
   * [CHANGELOG-0.3.md][1]
 
+[9]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/blob/master/changelogs/unreleased
 [8]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/blob/master/changelogs/CHANGELOG-0.10.md
 [7]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/blob/master/changelogs/CHANGELOG-0.9.md
 [6]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/blob/master/changelogs/CHANGELOG-0.8.md
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e38ca2420..d935b518d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 # Contributing
 
-## Updating CHANGELOG.md
+## CHANGELOG 
+
+Authors are expected to include a changelog file with their pull requests. The changelog file
+should be a new file created in the `changelogs/unreleased` folder. The file should follow the
+naming convention of `pr-username` and the contents of the file should be your text for the
+changelog.
+
+    ark/changelogs/unreleased   <- folder
+        000-username            <- file
 
-Authors are expected include an entry to the CHANGELOG.md under the `Development release` heading
-with their pull requests. During the process of creating a new release, entries from CHANGELOG.md will be
-moved to the changelog for the release.
 
 ## DCO Sign off
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b0c60dcd..3244f9a69 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ clean:
 	docker rmi $(BUILDER_IMAGE)
 
 ci: all verify test
-
+changelog:
+	hack/changelog.sh
 goreleaser:
 	hack/goreleaser.sh
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/.keep b/changelogs/unreleased/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1048-ncdc b/changelogs/unreleased/1048-ncdc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c24dbbbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1048-ncdc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove default token from all service accounts
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1051-omerlh b/changelogs/unreleased/1051-omerlh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67ae985a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1051-omerlh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added brew reference
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1054-cbeneke b/changelogs/unreleased/1054-cbeneke
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3099b1f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1054-cbeneke
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Initialize empty schedule metrics on server init
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1063-wwitzel3 b/changelogs/unreleased/1063-wwitzel3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1d33b779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1063-wwitzel3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update CHANGELOGs
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1069-gliptak b/changelogs/unreleased/1069-gliptak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..089f15670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1069-gliptak
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update to go 1.11
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/765-wwitzel3 b/changelogs/unreleased/765-wwitzel3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9260304bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/765-wwitzel3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add multizone/regional support to gcp
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/811-bashofmann b/changelogs/unreleased/811-bashofmann
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3678272c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/811-bashofmann
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow to use AWS Signature v1 for creating signed AWS urls
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/879-mwieczorek b/changelogs/unreleased/879-mwieczorek
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96790d5fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/879-mwieczorek
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Delete spec.priority in pod restore action
diff --git a/hack/changelog.sh b/hack/changelog.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d216a4840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/changelog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 the Heptio Ark contributors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+CHANGELOG_PATH='changelogs/unreleased'
+UNRELEASED=$(ls -t ${CHANGELOG_PATH})
+echo -e "Generating CHANGELOG markdown from ${CHANGELOG_PATH}\n"
+for entry in $UNRELEASED
+do
+    IFS=$'-' read -ra pruser <<<"$entry"
+    contents=$(cat ${CHANGELOG_PATH}/${entry})
+    echo "  * ${contents} (#${pruser[0]}, @${pruser[1]})"
+done
+echo -e "\nCopy and paste the list above in to the appropriate CHANGELOG file."
+echo "Be sure to run: git rm ${CHANGELOG_PATH}/*"