Were the contributors to "The SEA is Ours" all already established authors?

Question

*The SEA is Ours* is an anthology collection of steampunk stories by various South-East Asian authors, including names such as Olivia Ho, Marilag Angway, and Timothy Dimacali. I know very little about either steampunk or South-East Asian literature, so none of these names were familiar to me; however, a little online searching told me that at least some of them, such as [Dimacali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ_Dimacali), were already well-known authors in the genre, and presumably were asked to contribute for that reason.**Were all of the contributors already established authors?** In other words, is *The SEA is Ours* a collection of short stories by famous authors, the sort of anthology that might advertise itself by "includes stories from So-and-so!" - or is it a collaborative effort to create a new thing, a South-East Asian steampunk collection, by a mixed team qualified more by enthusiasm than experience?

Answer 1

The answer is No because not all the contributors were established authors in terms of experience as a function of length of authorship and number of publications. The authorship of 'The Sea is Ours', was a combination of experienced authors though, some, not yet known outside their genres while others had just began getting their works published. For instance, authors like Allesa Hinlo, Olivia Ho and Z.M. Guynh had only few publications prior to 'The Sea is Ours' whereas authors like Marilag Angway, Kate Osias among other authors of the anthologized 'The Sea is Ours' had been longstanding authors with significant number of publications.