Phone flat out died last night and I need some advice

I've had an impression for almost a couple years (due for an upgrade in December), and it worked perfectly until last night. I was having issues sending text messages where it would stall and I'd simply restart the phone and send the text. This happened last night, but after I turned it off it refused to turn back on. I plugged it in, tried taking the battery and SIM card out, tried every combination I could think of to get it to turn back on.

So, now I've got a phone which doesn't work at all. I'm curious as to whether or not this is a known issue and whether or not there is a fix for this. In lieu of a fix, I'm wondering if there is any way for me to get my contact list off of my phone (I'm an idiot and didn't have them automatically save to my SIM card).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!