9th Youth in Film Awards

9th Youth in Film Awards
Awarded forAchievement in the 19861987 season
DateDecember 5, 1987
SiteHollywood Palladium
Hollywood, California
Hosted byChad Allen and Patrick Dempsey

The 9th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and music for the 1986-1987 season, and took place on December 5, 1987, at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California.

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.