The 27th 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 and television for the year 2005, and took place on March 25, 2006 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Los Angeles, 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.

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.

★ Josh Hutcherson - Zathura: A Space Adventure - Columbia Pictures

★ Dakota Fanning - Dreamer - DreamWorks

★ Ridge Canipe - Walk the Line - Universal Pictures

★ Suzuka Ohgo - Memoirs of a Geisha - Columbia Pictures

★ Adrian Alonso - The Legend of Zorro - Columbia Pictures