Sanborn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/30/2006 --Today StudicaSkills.com, the free online center for students and schools to compete for cash and prizes, announced the winners of the first cycle of competitions. Based on vote counts from the real-time online voting system, the top finalists were determined and evaluated by a team of Studica Skills judges.

The winners include dozens of students from schools across the United States and Canada who submitted their entries over the past several months. For a complete list of winners and to view the winning entries, visit http://www.studica.com/skills/winners/apr_06.cfm
Prizes being awarded at this time include approximately $10,000 in cash as well as multiple copies of various software products, a Sony Portable Playstation, and an iPod Nano.

The first round of the Studica Skills Expose Yourself Competitions had over 1,000 students signing up to have their work, talent, and skills exposed. Over fifty schools participated in the Competitions and over 150,000 votes have been logged for the Competitions. The real-time voting ended on April 28th for these eleven competitions and a team of judges, composed of teachers, manufacturers, sponsors, people working in the field, and qualified Studica Skills representatives, examined the top entries of all closed competitions and chose three winners from each competition.

Studica Skills is a free online opportunity available exclusively to students, providing the chance to expose their work to the world while earning cash and prizes.
With the growing interest in Studica Skills by Corporate Sponsors and Manufacturers, the Studica Skills Team is able to provide new and exciting prizes to all of our 70+ current competitions! Students entering in a Studica Skills Competition are eligible for not only a chance at being a finalist, but in many cases a competition will award a random entrant once every month. Teachers who sign up a minimum of five students to enter a competition, may qualify for free software/licensing in some instances.
About Torcomp, Inc.: Since 1985, Torcomp, Inc. has been supplying technological solutions to educators across North America. Torcomp is an authorized educational reseller of software for institutions; from box product to classroom and lab licensing, Torcomp represents hundreds of manufacturers, offering specially discounted prices for Schools and Educators. For further information visit www.torcomp.com.

About Studica: Studica.com, a division of Torcomp, Inc., is committed to providing the latest software and music products at the lowest prices. This philosophy has allowed Studica to grow to be one of the top academic resellers in North America. Studica is a nationally authorized education reseller for a wide range of companies such as Adobe, Autodesk, Avid, Corel, Digimation, Microsoft, M-Audio, Pantone, Propellerhead, Quark, SolidWorks, Sony, Virtools, Wacom, and many more! Studica also hosts the skills competition site, Studica Skills. For more information, please visit www.studica.com.

For more information regarding Studica Skills, please visit www.StudicaSkills.com, or contact Jennifer Clark, Manager of Marketing and Public Relations.