Less than 24 hours until SXSW 2010 kicks off and the Stitch team is really excited for this year.  All of us were hoping to make it out this year but busy lives have meant that we have one pass too many for the Interactive event.

If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not to attend, or planning to pay the walk-up rate this might be your lucky day.  It costs us $100 USD to transfer our unused pass and if you’re willing to pay it, the pass is yours for the week.  That’s an 82% discount on the walk-up rate and it’s the DAY BEFORE.

We have a feeling that the pass will get snatched up at this price since we’ve heard of colleagues still grabbing the walk-up rates.  So instead of first-come, first-served we are going to host a little contest for the next 24 hours to declare the winner and transfer the pass moments before they pay the $550 in person.

Here’s the contest:

Stitch Media’s logo is a button.  We love it because buttons are everywhere – we take them for granted how ubiquitous and useful they are.  We want to see what you see when you think of buttons and we plan to transfer the pass to the most creative entry we receive in the next 24 hours.

Step 1: Take a picture of a button.  It must be your own photo (no submitting stock images).  We’re hoping you’ll be creative with what the photo is – is it an actual button or a craft you made or a sign you saw?  Anything goes as long as it’s an original photo and it has a button in it.

Step 2: Tweet @stitchmedia with the hashtag #sxswcontest and a link to your photo (Twitpic or TinyURL to Flickr or whatever – as long as we can see it)

We will announce the results tomorrow and post up the winning photo on the blog (you can choose to remain anonymous).  We’ll transfer the SXSW 2010 Interactive pass to you and we’ll see you there!