Young Artist Academy

The Young Artist Academy™ Award is a Hollywood-based award that recognizes artistry, talent, and technique in young performers ages 5-18. Like the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, Oscars for film and the Grammy Awards for music, awards presented by the Young Artist Academy™ to youths are structured after the Academy Awards organization model. Since 1978, the Young Artist Academy™ hosts Hollywood's longest running youth awards show. Nearly 20 years after the Academy Awards discontinued the special category of “Academy Juvenile Award” (1934 to 1960), the Young Artist Academy™ was formed. Affectionately called the "Youth Oscars" by Huffington Post, the Academy has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood over the last 40 years, and is the only youth awards show to be structured the same as major Hollywood guilds like the Grammys, Emmys, Tony’s, Cesars, Canadian Screen Awards, and the Academy Awards. Complete with Academy membership and peer voting, members experience the same process as major award guilds, and receive the experience and advantage of participating in Hollywood's adult counterpart awards associations when eligible. For over 40 years, the Academy has recognized exceptional talent in entertainers from ages 5-18, and continues to offer exclusive industry connections, networking, press training, protection education, academy references, and publicity opportunities for young artists on the rise. The annual Young Artist Academy™ Awards Show gathers professionals and talent from across the Entertainment Industry to support emerging stars. Television Networks, Production Houses, Casting Agents, Celebrities and International Press annually celebrate together at the Awards Show and discover fresh new filmmakers, and explore new realms of storytelling. With film at the core of the Awards, the Academy created new categories to support all storytellers and art forms, including; dance, music, and social influencers.