[1][2][3] The hosts for the ceremony that evening were Jena Malone, R.J. Arnett, Roland Thomson, Justin Thomsom, Selwyn Ward and Tracy Lynn Cruz.

[4] Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Youth in Film Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.

[3] ★ Miko Hughes – Mercury Rising – Universal ★ (tie) Lindsay Lohan – The Parent Trap – Walt Disney Pictures ★ (tie) Jena Malone – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures ★ Michael Welch – Star Trek: Insurrection – Paramount ★ Brigid Tierney – Affliction – Lions Gate Films ★ Liam Aiken – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures ★ Mae Whitman – Hope Floats – 20th Century Fox ★ Ryan Merriman – Everything That Rises – TNT ★ Dominique Swain – Lolita – Showtime ★ Courtland Mead – Emma's Wish – NBC ★ Haylie Duff – Addams Family Reunion – HBO ★ Zachery Ty Bryan – Home Improvement – ABC ★ Lacey Chabert – Party of Five – FOX ★ Ryan Merriman – The Pretender – NBC ★ Scarlett Pomers – Star Trek: Voyager – UPN ★ Eric Lloyd – Jesse – NBC ★ Ashley Monique Clark – The Hughleys – ABC ★ Seth Adkins – The Pretender – NBC ★ Chaz Monet – Any Day Now – Lifetime ★ (tie) Robert Bailey Jr. – Becker – CBS ★ (tie) Bobby Brewer – Suddenly Susan – NBC ★ (tie) Bobby Edner – Step By Step – CBS ★ (tie) Sam Gifaldi – Suddenly Susan – NBC ★ (tie) Jarrett Lennon – Boy Meets World – ABC ★ (tie) Anna Chlumsky – Cupid – ABC ★ (tie) Ashley & Lindsey Trefger – Home Improvement – ABC ★ Adrienne Frantz – The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS ★ (tie) Paul Robert Langdon – The Spiral Staircase – CBS ★ (tie) Connor Matheus – The Hughleys – ABC ★ Chaz Monet – Ruby Bridges – ABC ★ Courtland Mead – Recess – ABC ★ Aria Noelle Curzon – The Prince of Egypt – DreamWorks ★ Slappy and the Stinkers – Columbia ★ The Sweetest Gift – Showtime ★ Promised Land – CBS ★ Sabrina Goes to Rome – ABC ★ Promised Land – CBS ★ The Hughleys – ABC ★ From the Earth to the Moon – HBO ★ The Prince of Egypt – DreamWorks ★ The Mask of Zorro – Tristar ★ Stepmom – Columbia ★ Miramax Films – For having brought to the American audience so many outstanding domestic and foreign films featuring young performers.

Their precedent lives on with the Italian film: Life Is Beautiful – starring the young Giorgio Cantarini.

★ CBS Television Network – For its family value shows, with particular mention of Touched by an Angel.