Unfortunately, whether or not the contract would have ended shortly anyway, in this case, you voluntarily ended your employment when it did end. Unemployment is not available when someone chooses to leave his or her job, even if the job would have terminated in the future. (If the job is going to end soon, you're expected to stick it out until the end.) Similarly, even if you leave for what you believe is a very good reason--for example, stress--that does not justify, for unemployment purposes, voluntarily leaving your job. (If it did, almost *everyone* would leave their job at some to collect unemployment because of stress!) So in this case, while if doesn't cost you anything, there's probably no reason to not appeal, the rules are very much against you.