21st Young Artist Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 21

| award = Young Artist Awards

| award_link = Young Artist Award

| image = Young Artist Award.jpg

| image_size = 100px

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| date = March 19, 2000

| site = Sportsmen's Lodge
Studio City, California

| awarded_for = Achievement in 1999 in film and television

| host = Austin O'Brien
Trevor O'Brien
Cody McMains
Michelle Trachtenberg
Kaitlin Cullum
Kimberly Cullum

| last = 20th

| next = 22nd

}}

The 21st Young Artist Awards ceremony (formerly known as the Youth in Film Awards), presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and theatre for the year 1999, and took place on March 19, 2000, at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.{{cite book|last=Crouse|first=Richard|title=Reel Winners|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|year=2005|edition=illustrated|pages=[https://archive.org/details/reelwinnersmovie0000crou/page/42 42–43]|isbn=1-55002-574-0|url=https://archive.org/details/reelwinnersmovie0000crou/page/42}}{{cite book|last=Riggs|first=Thomas |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|year=2007|isbn=0-7876-9047-3}}{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms21.htm |title=21st Annual Young Artist Awards |accessdate=2011-03-31 |work=YoungArtistAwards.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719182252/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms21.htm |archivedate=2012-07-19 }}

The announcer for the evening was William H. Bassett. The hosts for the evening were Austin O'Brien, Trevor O'Brien, Cody McMains, Michelle Trachtenberg, Kaitlin Cullum and Kimberly Cullum. Performers for the evening included, Girls On-Q, Adam Nicholson, Adam Wylie and Blake McIver Ewing.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/intronoms21.htm |title=21st Annual Young Artist Awards – Introduction |accessdate=2011-03-31 |work=YoungArtistAwards.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132724/http://www.youngartistawards.org/intronoms21.htm |archivedate=2011-04-03 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/presidents.html |title=Young Artist Awards - President's Message |accessdate=2011-03-31 |work=YoungArtistAwards.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181906/http://www.youngartistawards.org/presidents.html |archivedate=2013-01-16 }}{{cite web

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|title=HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation

|accessdate=2011-03-31

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|archivedate=2011-03-17

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