The 24th Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater, music, and radio for the year 2002, and took place on March 29, 2003 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.

Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Young Artist 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.

Categories ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Performance in a Feature Film Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor ★ Tyler Hoechlin - Road to Perdition - DreamWorks/20th Century Fox Jamie Bell - Nicholas Nickleby - MGM/UA Rory Culkin - Signs - Buena Vista Nicholas Hoult - About A Boy - Universal/Studio Canal Lil' Bow Wow - Like Mike - 20th Century Fox Matthew O'Leary - Frailty - Lions Gate Mark Rendall - Touching Wild Horses - Animal Tales Productions

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress ★ Alexa Vega - Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams - Buena Vista Amanda Bynes - Big Fat Liar - Universal Pictures America Ferrera - Real Women Have Curves - Newmarket Films/HBO Films Kristen Stewart - Panic Room - Columbia Pictures Evan Rachel Wood - Little Secrets - Columbia Tristar/Samuel Goldwyn

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor ★ Marc Donato - White Oleander - Warner Brothers Liam Aiken - Road To Perdition - DreamWorks/20th Century Fox Emile Hirsch - The Emperor's Club - Universal Pictures Eric Lloyd - The Santa Clause 2 - Walt Disney Pictures Daniel Logan - Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones - 20th Century Fox Andrew Sandler - Minority Report - 20th Century Fox Dylan Smith - One Hour Photo - Fox Searchlight Pictures

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress ★ Eva Amurri - The Banger Sisters - Fox Searchlight Pictures Agnes Bruckner - Murder By Numbers - Warner Brothers Chea Courtney - Dragonfly - HBO Films Everlyn Sampi - Rabbit-Proof Fence - Miramax Erin Sanders - Never Never - Independent

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger ★ Tyler Patrick Jones - Red Dragon - Universal Pictures Angus T. Jones - The Rookie - Walt Disney Pictures Dominic Scott Kay - Minority Report - 20th Century Fox Malcolm David Kelley - Antwone Fisher - Fox Searchlight Pictures Trung Hieu Nguyen - Green Dragon - Columbia Tristar

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger ★ Caitlin EJ Meyer - Little Secrets - Columbia Tristar/Samuel Goldwyn Abigail Breslin - Signs - Buena Vista Emily Osment - Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams - Buena Vista Tianna Sansbury - Rabbit-Proof Fence - Miramax Sophie Vavasseur - Evelyn - MGM/UA

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special Best Performance In a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor ★ Jeremy Sumpter - Just A Dream - Showtime Jon Foster - Murder in Greenwich - USA Network Jake Goldsbie - The Red Sneakers - Showtime Tyler Hynes - Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story - CTV Max Morrow - The Christmas Shoes - CBS Josh Zuckerman - I Was A Teenage Faust - Showtime

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actress ★ Clara Bryant - Tru Confessions - Disney Channel Kimberly J. Brown - My Sister's Keeper - CBS Dakota Fanning - Taken - Sci-Fi Channel Jodelle Micah Ferland - The Christmas Child - CMT Maggie Grace - Murder in Greenwich - USA Network Sabrina Wiener - Gotta Kick It Up! - Disney Channel

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor ★ Ryan Merriman - Taken - Sci-Fi Channel Brandon Hammond - Our America - Showtime Daniel Magder - Mom's On Strike - ABC Sean Marquette - Hidden Hills - NBC Roderick Pannell - Our America - Showtime Anton Yelchin - Taken - Sci-Fi Channel

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actress ★ Hallee Hirsh - My Sister's Keeper - CBS Jenna Boyd - Mary Christmas - PAX Holliston Coleman - Miss Lettie and Me - TNT Lindsay Felton - Anna's Dream - PAX Hannah Lochner - The Interrogation of Michael Crowe - Court TV

Best Performance in a TV Series Best Performance in A TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor ★ Gregory Smith - Everwood - WB Jake Epstein - Degrassi: The Next Generation - CTV Jonathan Malen - Screech Owls - YTV Frankie Muniz - Malcolm in the Middle - Fox TV Pablo Santos - Greetings from Tucson - WB Martin Spanjers - 8 Simple Rules - ABC Kyle Sullivan - All That - Nickelodeon

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress ★ Masiela Lusha - The George Lopez Show - ABC Kaley Cuoco - 8 Simple Rules - ABC Lisa Foiles - All That - Nickelodeon Christel Khalil - The Young and the Restless - CBS Renee Olstead - Still Standing - CBS Scarlett Pomers - Reba - WB Shadia Simmons - Strange Days at Blake Holsey High - NBC

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor ★ Steven Anthony Lawrence - Even Stevens - Disney Channel Taylor Abrahamse - Doc - PAX Justin Berfield - Malcolm in the Middle - Fox TV Hector Escalante - American Family - PBS Mitch Holleman - Reba - WB Aaron Meeks - Soul Food - Showtime Max Morrow - Monk - ABC Jake Thomas - Lizzie McGuire - Disney Channel

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress ★ Emily Hart - Sabrina the Teenage Witch - WB Katie Boland - The Zack Files - Fox Family Nicole Dicker - Screech Owls - YTV Lauren Frost - Even Stevens - Disney Channel Sara Paxton - Greetings from Tucson - WB Gigi Sumpter - Strong Medicine - Lifetime Emma Taylor-Isherwood - Strange Days at Blake Holsey High - NBC

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger ★ Dylan Cash - General Hospital - ABC Patrick Allen Dorn - The Bold and the Beautiful - CBS Luis Armand Garcia - The George Lopez Show - ABC Demetrius Joyette - Doc - PAX TV Austin Majors - N.Y.P.D. Blue - ABC Charlie Stewart - Life with Bonnie - ABC

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger ★ Sasha Pieterse - Family Affair - WB Kristen Alderson - One Life to Live - ABC Taylor Atelian - According to Jim - ABC Vivien Cardone - Everwood - WB Dee Dee Davis - The Bernie Mac Show - FOX Karle Warren - Judging Amy - CBS

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor ★ Alex Black - Charmed - WB Seth Adkins - CSI: Miami - CBS Raja Fenske - CSI: Miami - CBS Jason Fuchs - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - NBC David Henrie - Without a Trace - CBS Myles Jeffrey - Touched by an Angel - CBS Cody McMains - Everwood - WB Kyle Saunders - Adventure Inc. - WB

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress ★ Sara Paxton - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - CBS Ashley Edner - Judging Amy CBS Jamie Lauren - The Practice - ABC Joy Lauren - The Division - Lifetime Barbara Mamabolo - The Zack Files - Fox Family Melissa Mitchell - New Unsolved Mysteries - Lifetime Kay Panabaker - ER - NBC

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actor ★ Christopher Massey - The Parkers - UPN Robert Clark - Strange Days at Blake Holsey High - NBC Bobby Edner - Do Over - WB Steven Anthony Lawrence - Frasier - NBC Miles Marisco - Malcolm in the Middle - FOX

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress ★ Amy Castle - Lizzie McGuire - Disney Channel Chelsea Brummer - What I Like About You - WB Lauren Storm - Malcolm in the Middle - FOX Marina Malota - My Wife and Kids - ABC Brenda Song - The Bernie Mac Show - FOX

Best Performance in a TV Comedy or Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Age Ten or Younger ★ Gavin Fink - The X-Files - FOX Brett Buford - Everybody Loves Raymond - CBS Tyler Patrick Jones - Judging Amy - CBS Bobby Preston - Family Law - CBS

Best Performance in a TV Comedy or Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress Age Ten or Younger ★ Jessica Sara - My Wife and Kids - ABC Alexandra Hart Gilliams - Sabrina the Teenage Witch - WB Samantha Goldstein - Charmed - WB Alexandra Lee - Scrubs - NBC Abigail Mavity - Haunted - UPN Liliana Mumy - My Wife and Kids - ABC

Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) ★ Malcolm in the Middle - Fox Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Kyle Sullivan, Craig Lamar Traylor American Dreams - NBC Ethan Dampf, Vanessa Lengies, Sarah Ramos, Brittany Snow Degrassi: The Next Generation - CTV/Epitome Pictures Sarah Barrable-Tishauer, Daniel Clark, Lauren Collins, Ryan Cooley, Jake Epstein, Stacey Farber, Jake Goldsbie, Aubrey Graham, Shane Kippel, Andrea Lewis, Miriam McDonald, Melissa McIntyre, Adamo Ruggiero, Christina Schmidt, Cassie Steele Family Affair - WB Caitlin Wachs, Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak, Sasha Pieterse Lizzie McGuire - Disney Channel Hilary Duff, Lalaine, Jake Thomas, Adam Lamberg My Wife and Kids - ABC Parker McKenna Posey, Jennifer Nicole Freeman, George O. Gore II

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role ★ Thomas Dekker - The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water - Universal Spencer Breslin - Return to Never Land - Disney Haley Joel Osment - The Hunchback of Notre Dame II - Disney Shawn Pyfrom - Stanley - Disney

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Age Ten or Younger ★ Daveigh Chase - Lilo & Stitch - Disney Austin Majors - Treasure Planet - Disney Andrew McDonough - Return to Never Land - Disney

Best Performance in a Commercial Best Performance in a Commercial ★ Christian Roberts - 7 Up Cayden Boyd - McDonald's Dylan Cash - Fujifilm Jillian Clare - Children's Tylenol Jenna Morrison - Hallmark Permanent Wave

Best Family Entertainment Best Family Television Movie or Special ★ ''My Sister's Keeper - CBSThe Christmas Shoes CBS Gotta Kick It Up! - Disney Channel Just a Dream - Showtime Miss Lettie and Me - TNT The Red Sneakers - Showtime

Best Family Television Series (Comedy or Drama) ★ The George Lopez Show - ABCThe Bernie Mac Show - FOX Everwood - WB Family Affair - WB Lizzie McGuire - Disney Channel My Wife and Kids - ABC

Best Family Feature Film - Animation ★ Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - DreamWorksIce Age - 20th Century Fox Lilo & Stitch - Walt Disney The Princess and the Pea - Visiplex Family Entertainment Spirited Away - Walt Disney The Wild Thornberrys Movie - Paramount Pictures

Best Family Feature Film - Comedy ★ The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course - MGM/UABig Fat Liar - Universal Like Mike - 20th Century Fox Little Secrets - Columbia Tristar/Samuel Goldwyn Maid in Manhattan - Columbia My Big Fat Greek Wedding - IFC Films

Best Family Feature Film - Drama ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - New Line CinemaAntwone Fisher - Fox Searchlight The Emperor's Club - Universal Evelyn - MGM/UA Nicholas Nickleby - MGM/UA The Rookie - Walt Disney

Best Family Feature Film - Fantasy ★ Star Trek: Nemesis - ParamountSigns - Buena Vista Spider-Man - Columbia Tristar Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams - Miramax Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones - 20th Century Fox Stuart Little 2 - Sony Pictures Entertainment

Special awards Best Young Performers in International Film ★ Yoo Seung-ho - The Way Home - Paramount Classics (South Korea)★ Natalie Bjork - Alla älskar Alice (Everyone Loves Alice) - Nordisk Films (Sweden)Best Young Ensemble in International Film ★ Kamchatka - Patagonik Film Group - Tomas Fonzi, Matias Del Pozo, Milton De La Canal (Argentina)Best International Film ★ Zmeg (The Kite) – (Russia)Best Young International Performer ★ Declan Galbraith - Declan - Xenex Music Group/Liberty EMI Records UK (United Kingdom)Best Young Performers in a Theatre Production