I was a Kickstarter staff pick early on. After a few days, my project no longer showed up when searching by staff picks. Narrowed down to my area and project type, only two staff picks were shown, but not mine. I emailed KS support a diplomatic message and they insisted staff picks were permanent. After I clarified that my project had not showed up for a couple of days, it was restored overnight. They never got back to me saying "sorry, we fixed the glitch." but I'm happy that the project is prominently displayed.
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project topic tends to be controversial to some people, I don't know if that was a factor.
If you are a staff pick, you may want to keep checking, just in case.