I’m writing an article about Clarion-style writing workshops for Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market, and I’m looking a quote from a workshop attendee who had some immediate success afterward ( i.e., that attending the workshop was a revelation, and after attending, the writer almost immediately started selling his/her work). 

To help put this in context, here’s an excerpt from my article:

In my role as assistant editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, I’ve seen the results of these workshops first hand.  While some writers don’t show an appreciable increase in skill or craft right away, for others it’s as if their writing experienced a quantum leap forward–as if going to the workshop turned some key that unleashed the writer within.

Does anyone know of any writers that fit the bill?  What I’m saying in the above quote is true, but the writers I’m thinking of–that I’ve seen in the slush both pre- and post-Clarion–have improved dramatically, but haven’t started selling yet (or started selling regularly).  Susan Palwick and David Marusek have been suggested to me, but I have been unable to get in touch with them thus far.