[3] 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 18 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.

[3] The Young Artist Award's official website states that - "The Internet Movie Database has been used to ensure correct information is maintained on this web site".

[7] However, IMDb was launched in 1990 (five years after the 7th Youth in Film Awards ceremony was held) and is largely a user-generated website.

★ Corey Haim - Silver Bullet (Paramount Pictures) ★ Meredith Salenger - The Journey of Natty Gann (Disney) ★ Corey Haim - Firstborn (Paramount) ★ Sydney Penny - Pale Rider (Warner Bros) ★ (Conflicting reports) Chad Allen - Code of Vengeance (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ (Conflicting reports) River Phoenix - Surviving: A Family in Crisis (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Laura Jacoby - The Night They Saved Christmas (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Carrie Wells - The Bad Seed (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ Joshua Miller - Highway to Heaven (episode "A Song for Jason") (NBC) ★ Christa Denton - Not My Kid (CBS) ★ (Conflicting reports) Emmanuel Lewis - Webster (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Marc Price - Family Ties (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Lisa Bonet - The Cosby Show (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Soleil Moon Frye - Punky Brewster (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ Mackenzie Astin - The Facts of Life (NBC) ★ Alyssa Milano - Who's the Boss?

(ABC) ★ Kirk Cameron - Growing Pains (ABC) ★ (Conflicting reports) Tracey Gold - Growing Pains (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Tracy Wells - Mr. Belvedere (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ Jeremy Miller - Growing Pains (ABC) ★ Emily Schulman - Small Wonder (Metromedia KTTV) ★ (Conflicting reports) Brandon Call - Santa Barbara (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ (Conflicting reports) David Mendenhall - General Hospital (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ Kimberly McCullough - General Hospital (ABC) ★ Bumper Robinson – Cagney & Lacey (CBS) ★ Jaclyn Bernstein – The Twilight Zone (episode "Children's Zoo) (CBS) ★ David Mendenhall - The Berenstain Bears (Southern Star-Hanna Barbera/Australia) ★ (Conflicting reports) Bettina Bush - The Littles and Rainbow Brite (DIC Enterprises) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Gini Holtzman - Charlie Brown & Snoopy Show (Mendelson/Melendez) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ A Reason to Live (NBC) ★ Growing Pains (ABC) ★ The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (Medelson-Melendez-Schulz) ★ (Conflicting reports) The Heavenly Kid (Orion Pictures) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4]) ★ (Conflicting reports) Pee-wee's Big Adventure (Warner Brothers) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3]) ★ Back to the Future (Universal) ★ Cocoon (20th Century Fox) ★ Kristjan Markersen (Denmark) - Otto Is A Rhino (Metronome Productions) ★ Shiori Sakura (Japan) - MacArthur's Children (Orion Classics) ★ Otto is a Rhino (Otto er et Nasehorn) (Denmark) - Directed by Rumle Hammerich